Sylmar

Sylmar Fire Smoke

by Karoli on November 15, 2008 · 1 comment

Blowing west over our house just after sunrise. No danger here whatsoever, but this gives a sense of the power of this fire — to have the smoke this black and dense from a fire 35 miles away is simply mindboggling. Keep Donna (SoCalMom) in your thoughts as her family evacuates this afternoon.

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LA Fires, Day 2 – Morning Sky

by Karoli on November 15, 2008 · 1 comment

Either this is smoke blowing northwest from Sayre Fire or there’s something else on fire in Malibu. Here we are on the map. Winds are strong and blowing NNW. Watch CrisisWire for updates.

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Sylmar Fire

by Karoli on November 15, 2008 · 12 comments

Sylmar is ablaze. It’s one of the scariest fires I’ve seen in or near the San Fernando Valley. Here are some links for information: CrisisWire has a Google map, Twitter feed and links to coverage. Twitter Search @ResPres took some photos from the back side of the fire (Santa Clarita) LAFD Tactical voice traffic on [...]

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