Into the fire? Two Firefighters killed.

[RICHARD]

What speeds do the winds get in lost angeles? Chinooks up here can be 80-90mph sustained with over 120mph gusts.

Depends. In about Sept to Oct we get a Santa Ana that blows 30-40 gusts to 70?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_Winds

And when the fires go during a windstorm, it's murder. I have seen them close up, I was driving thru a canyon and passed a fire rig with 4-5 guys in it.

Later on I heard that the truck I passed was caught up in the fire and 4 FFs were burned very badly.

It really is like the end of friggin days.

The sounds are incredible. You hear the crackle of leaves burning and plants and trees explode. The water and sap inside start to boil and the plants blow up.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Stay safe, Richard. You guys sure have alot of fires out there. I'll say some prayers for the firefighters.

[RICHARD]

I don't have much to worry about. It's the FFs and the guys flying the skies that need the prayers.

I woke up again at 3:30 smelling smoke. I woke up to try and see the space station fly over.

It was overcast and smokey and I can still smell smoke almost 3 hours later.

[pomtzu]

Hey Richard - I have an old friend that lives out there - between Glendale and Beverly Hills. Are there any fires in that region? She's never had any in that area before, but it looks like it's burning where it usually doesn't this time around.

[RICHARD]

BH and Glendale are a few miles apart. There is Griffith Park in between and that has some greenery in it , but nothing 'locally' is burning. The smell of cmoke has disappeared but blows in occasionally.

It's brutally hot and I don't know how those fire fighter can cope.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Bless all those firefighters. They are very special people.

Richard, are you okay? Stay safe. From what we're seeing, it looks terrible there.

[Catty1]

Firefighters in CA and in BC this year - and others coming from even other countries to help both places - these men and women are a rare breed. I can think of NO job more uncomfortable, dangerous and completely exhausting, unless it is in warfare. The two are not unalike.

Bless those two men...and many many prayers for all the others that risk their lives to save others.