Archive for October, 2007

Santiago Canyon Fire Update

We went and took a drive through some of the area yesterday. It is pretty mind blowing to see how close to homes and businesses the fire came. Brand new homes in Portola Hills, businesses along Bake, then up along Bake into Foothill Ranch and then east into the wilderness area around Cook’s Corner.
CONTAINMENT: 40%
INJURIES: [...]

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Santiago Fire Update

The fires are still raging but fortunately it is now about 12 miles from me but it is now taking out houses up in the canyons. Here is the latest as of this morning with a few pics from around the house.
CONTAINMENT: 50% at the time of this report
CONTROL: Not at this time
FIREFIGHTING ASSETS:

600 [...]

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Santiago Canyon Fire

It’s fire season here in sunny southern California. What’s funny is that people who don’t live here think we have problems with earthquakes but its the yearly fires that do more damage and kill more people every year. This one is getting a little close to home though. These pictures were taking about 1.5 miles [...]

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Halloween Preparations

If you don’t know me very well, let me explain that I enjoy going a little nuts around the holidays. While my snobby neighbors have spent more on Christmas decorations than I make in a year, I opt to go a little bonkers for holidays like Halloween. The irony is that we get maybe 10 [...]

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