any of you guys in the hot zone? holy god man, I am in Long Beach, and if you go up on higher grounds, I can see smoke and fire from this far away

the smoke and ashes are also raining here in westminster/longbeach area, and the freeway is covered in dust

I hope any of you in the path of the fire are ok and GET OUT THERE ALIVE!

I know ur house is precious and all but its better to leave it than to burn down with it

btw: the fire looks like its getting nastier

 

im near the hot zone. its pretty much the backyard im in anahiem hills =X the fires in orange and irvine. i can see the fire from my area

 

My heart goes out to anyone who is close to the 'hot zone'. I'm in Tustin right now and that Foothill Ranch fire is only about 15 miles away.

The thing to remember in a situation like this is just quickly get belongings that cannot be replaced; computer (forget the monitor) and photos. Everything else can be replaced. Your life is more important then ANY piece of property.

 

Our work was evacuated near Irvine. The fire was less than a mile away, so we bailed. I'll try to post a pic I took from my office on my phone before I left.

 

about a mile next to foothill ranch fire. i am right outside of trabuco canyon so the smoke is somewhat bad from here. i highly doubt it will get to me though.

the worst part is that my 8 looks so dusty.. i feel for her.

 

Feeling the wrath here in Irvine

 

Here's a pic I took from my office window this morning around 10:20am. According to the OCRegister, the homes just in front of the smoke were saved. My office is at Bake and the 241 and this pic is looking north to Portola road in Foothill Ranch.

 

holy **** that is wayyy too close for comfort, the sky here in OC area is all grey and dusty, I came out of the building and I can taste dust everywhere, and the smell of something burning is getting to me

did anyone also notice those little patches of fire out in ontario? hope that doesn't turn into a huge flamefest

 

Yup, it was pretty close.
Been an interesting day to say the least.

 

Whoa... Those are the homes you see in the picture I posted!... They look really small in the pic, but those are them.

Be safe.

 

get the hell out of there man, get the hell out of there, that is really freaking close to say the least

 

we just had a power outage in Tustin. No power for about 20 minutes. (you can imagine how thrilled Corporate Security was about their bank branches losing power...)

 

wtf? why would there be a power outtage in tustin? dont we route the power from SD? oh wait, SD is being burned......****

 

dangggg krazy pictures

 

there's major power lines in Santa Ana (right next door)

 

and I need to go down to this one place in irvine to do a cultural paper thing............lol

 

yeah these fires are crazy!!! there was an 8 in the news yesterday, out in malibu some lady decided to leave her house,and when she came out the news was standing next to her 8, and so they asked her a couple of questions as she got into her 8!!

 

I was born and raised in Santa Ana but I never really knew why they were called "Santa Ana Winds". I figured this would be relevant today since they are being talked about so much.

 

Last night (when the fires were still a couple of miles away)...

 

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/s...1.12c48e9.html

story about the San Bernardino area fires.

 

It's a real shame. I live in north SD county along the coast and luckily away from fires at the moment, but the fires east and south of here are really bad too. I'm totally reminded of the fires in 2003.

http://www.uniontribune.com

 

now I actually feel bad because I was there yesterday night when the fire was, I think controllable in San bern area, there were about 2-3 fire trucks on the side of the highway and patches of fire, I guess now its just 1 big firefest.......gosh this thing I have never seen one before (19 years old)

 

yeah, this fires will unfortunately be remembered for a LONG time.

If you click on the link I posted above, you can see a map of the Lake Elsinore area; the San Bernardino group and I were JUST there. I remember driving in the mountains and seeing the "Rim of the World" sign.

 

**** dude, they say its gonna burn for a few more days...........lol wtf is this crap?
I cant believe its gonna last half a week

 

it could take WEEKS to put out the fire in Santa Clarita.