California is burning, again.

[RICHARD]

First the Monecito/Tea fire, Now there is a fire to the north of my house.

I am about 8 miles away and in no danger but I smelled smole about 10:45 tonight and smelled smoke. I walked outdoors and a car stopped at the signal on the corner and someone yelled something about a house on fire....


The Firehawk chopper is flying back to the base about .5 miles away from here...

I saw the news and heard that the fire was in Sylmar. I went out doors to my back yard and saw a huge red glow in the sky - got my ladder out and put it up against the the garage. Holy Crap!

You could see the flames and with a pair of binocs it looks like a plume of fire about 70-80 feet in the air....I have only seen that area burn once in the time that I have lived here. The area is packed with homes that but up against the Angeles National Forest.

KABC just reported that there are homes on fire now.

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BBQ AT RICHARDS!!!!



















Stay safe and dont do anthing stupid if its that close. Did you pay your insurance for the month?

[RICHARD]

BBQ AT RICHARDS!!!!

I don't need fire to do something stupid!

The Valley is a bowl about 25 miles across. If you look at it like a clock I live at the 3 o'clock position and the fire is burning at the 1 o'clock position at the very edge of the bowl, Above the fire is MILES of nat'l. forest.

Wowser. The area right below the fire-the wind is blowing about 20-30 mph with 50+ MPH due in the morning around sunrise- is jam packed with homes built right up to the edge of the mountains. We have the Santa Ana winds out here. You may have been part of it when you come out to CA at this time of the year. They blow hard and very hard at sunset and at sunrise and the humidity is 5% and it's 77 degrees. I think you can stream the coverage on KCBS 2 or KABC 7.

The part that sucks is that it's so close to the holidays and to lose your home at this time. They also just reported that there is a neighborhood where people are trapped in their homes.

[RICHARD]

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/index

Here ya go, bro....check it out.

If you watch the coverage in real time you can see that those LA County Fire Pilots have huge brass ones. I just saw a water drop the was totally blown off the fire by the wind.

scary as all get out.

[RICHARD]

http://cbs2.com/

You can click on the LIVE COVERAGE button and see another view of the fire.

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MY mom was at the rehab hospital about two miles away from the fire up until a month ago.

I think I would have righteously crapped my pants if she was still there.

[Medusa]

I'm glad that you and Mom are safe, Richard.