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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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Tea Fire in Santa Barbara

by Karoli on November 14, 2008 · 1 comment

It’s been all over the news since last night. I was too exhausted to write about it then, but I’ve been following the news all morning on Twitter, FriendFeed and Doc Searls’ blog. I’m tracking the tag #teafire on Twitter via TwitterSpy (IM), also #santabarbara and #wildfire. Nancy White reports that her brother was notified [...]

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Deconstructing the Fires

by Karoli on October 27, 2007 · 1 comment

They’re still burning in Orange County, San Bernardino County (Slide Fire) and San Diego, so this may be premature but being me, I’m going to jump in anyway with some random, scattered thoughts. FEMA: I’m not a reporter, but I play one on TV I mentioned in my earlier post that FEMA appeared to be [...]

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