# LA area on fire o.O

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**Created:** [August 30, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032 "2009-08-30T08:06:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/1 "2009-08-30T08:06:02Z")

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[SoCal wildfire surges in size, threatens thousands - Yahoo! News](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090830/ap_on_re_us/us_california_wildfires)

Man I can see this stuff from my house it looks like there’s a volcano on the mountain or something at night or the apocalypse. To make things worse its been fricking HOT and we don’t have AC here. -.- We need rain bad.This fire is UNREAL.

Images from yahoo.

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090828/capt.fc912a1632a0403a9ed97ba161cc8832.aptopix\_california\_forest\_wildfires\_cak101.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=0JC1WI17aHbNVz8kRkGwww--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090828/capt.fc912a1632a0403a9ed97ba161cc8832.aptopix_california_forest_wildfires_cak101.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=0JC1WI17aHbNVz8kRkGwww--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090829/i/r2153238417.jpg?x=400&y=251&q=85&sig=kFvSYnytY.foA0ZP7bfwHQ--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090829/i/r2153238417.jpg?x=400&y=251&q=85&sig=kFvSYnytY.foA0ZP7bfwHQ--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090830/capt.839ea53b908045e687eaa9da7a11739b.california\_wildfires\_cads103.jpg?x=400&y=241&q=85&sig=ZQEkwigo643O4aQVWxDQLw--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090830/capt.839ea53b908045e687eaa9da7a11739b.california_wildfires_cads103.jpg?x=400&y=241&q=85&sig=ZQEkwigo643O4aQVWxDQLw--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090828/capt.efa2b03b37714c97b5350cd1bd4f13bd.california\_wildfires\_camm101.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=ziT6Sa71y3hPxsOmlolF\_A--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090828/capt.efa2b03b37714c97b5350cd1bd4f13bd.california_wildfires_camm101.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=ziT6Sa71y3hPxsOmlolF_A--)

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**Author:** ![castlerock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/castlerock/32/1503_2.png) [@castlerock](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/castlerock)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/2 "2009-08-30T18:02:55Z")

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that’s is scary. i hope and pray that it will rain or they will put it out.

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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/3 "2009-08-30T21:49:39Z")

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omg

More photos from yahoo I’m somewhere near downtown LA and you can smell the smoke when you go outside and its hard to breathe.

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090830/i/r3066008429.jpg?x=400&y=305&q=85&sig=ZJD\_FE4yV\_e3zxxXm6cfQg--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090830/i/r3066008429.jpg?x=400&y=305&q=85&sig=ZJD_FE4yV_e3zxxXm6cfQg--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090830/i/r3190355088.jpg?x=305&y=345&q=85&sig=T6aurxfWPV8\_PMW\_UVNgsg--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090830/i/r3190355088.jpg?x=305&y=345&q=85&sig=T6aurxfWPV8_PMW_UVNgsg--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090830/capt.93afeb8d00984a51b63178a25e082491.california\_wildfires\_capa116.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=4O\_Cx86nYQ.iRo6KdhiA4Q--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090830/capt.93afeb8d00984a51b63178a25e082491.california_wildfires_capa116.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=4O_Cx86nYQ.iRo6KdhiA4Q--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090830/i/r1845031642.jpg?x=234&y=345&q=85&sig=BTDE\_QzhAb8TrwCRbeN\_VQ--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090830/i/r1845031642.jpg?x=234&y=345&q=85&sig=BTDE_QzhAb8TrwCRbeN_VQ--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090829/i/r3183078962.jpg?x=400&y=124&q=85&sig=vJxRyzmTKMiDG.UmY9ZsGw--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090829/i/r3183078962.jpg?x=400&y=124&q=85&sig=vJxRyzmTKMiDG.UmY9ZsGw--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090828/i/r4081043538.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=xkLHz11b92jZ7QgyGKgxyw--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090828/i/r4081043538.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=xkLHz11b92jZ7QgyGKgxyw--)

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**Author:** ![castlerock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/castlerock/32/1503_2.png) [@castlerock](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/castlerock)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/4 "2009-08-31T02:36:53Z")

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poor horsey ☹

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**Author:** ![moonwhisper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/moonwhisper/32/1735_2.png) [@moonwhisper](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/moonwhisper)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/5 "2009-08-31T03:41:54Z")

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Praying for you Electra. I hope you’re safe.

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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/6 "2009-08-31T09:21:05Z")

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Yeah, i should be safe but I feel so bad for the people closer to the fire especially the firemen and their families (two died today) and the poor animals out there.Praying for rain and no more fire and death. ☹

Where I’m at its just too hot day and nightThat and the air quality is worse than usual which is saying something for la.

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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/7 "2009-08-31T11:38:40Z")

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[Los Angeles County fires north of La Canada Flintridge, Altadena - Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117631292961056724014.0004720e21d9cded17ce4)

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gack maybe i should leave for a bit when fires were that close back home we always evacuated. -.-

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**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/8 "2009-08-31T14:31:07Z")

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i heard that in greece is the same  
[Greece on fire (again?)](http://www.paltelegraph.com/photo-story/world-stories/1965-greece-on-fire-again)  
video: [BBC NEWS | Europe | Wildfires break out across Greece](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8215772.stm)

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**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/9 "2009-08-31T20:35:53Z")

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Welcome to Fire Season (who said California didn’t have seasons?). Greece has a similar climate to SoCal, so they have fire season too. The LA fires are bad since they are so big without the [Santa Ana’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds).

[Jimena](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Weather/story?id=8453710) is supposed to bring rain to SoCal by Thursday of Friday as it moves north. Hope it pans out.

_Edit:_ Forgot to mention the 3 biggest fires in California history, the Laguna Fire (1970), The Cedar fire (2003) and the Witch Creek Fire (2007) were all in San Diego County.  
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/10 "2009-09-01T00:28:04Z")

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I can see the fires from my place and I am at the beach. Yesterday the thick smoke was MASSIVE and looked like thunderhead cloud, only many times bigger. I feel for the people and the animals caught in the fire.

For those that haven’t seen fires like this it is hard to explain. I was very close to one 3 years ago. Imagine: for days all you smell is smoke, sunlight takes on an eerie orange hue and even in the middle of the night the glow of the fire lights up everything.

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/11 "2009-09-01T00:30:58Z")

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Ya, the fires can be scary, especially when you see those 75 foot tall flames coming at you at about 60 miles an hour.😮

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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/12 "2009-09-01T12:35:40Z")

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[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090831/capt.7f0cb03c71364bfe8df94a6a87f8ed1d.aptopix\_california\_wildfires\_scene\_la102.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=ChdJtdVBA41f2WQeCKSc0Q--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090831/capt.7f0cb03c71364bfe8df94a6a87f8ed1d.aptopix_california_wildfires_scene_la102.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=ChdJtdVBA41f2WQeCKSc0Q--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r3482643857.jpg?x=400&y=299&q=85&sig=aMZxs0\_x2FVtaybcrlr\_dA--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r3482643857.jpg?x=400&y=299&q=85&sig=aMZxs0_x2FVtaybcrlr_dA--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r3157362676.jpg?x=400&y=217&q=85&sig=t8gzECl4kgfSRPkLOYRCag--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r3157362676.jpg?x=400&y=217&q=85&sig=t8gzECl4kgfSRPkLOYRCag--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090831/capt.c7d3eb08afcc4fde9bfa7ebb194ea9cb.aptopix\_california\_wildfires\_cahm102.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=UVA5Zt8vrwyOwN05VDP7Ag--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090831/capt.c7d3eb08afcc4fde9bfa7ebb194ea9cb.aptopix_california_wildfires_cahm102.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=UVA5Zt8vrwyOwN05VDP7Ag--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090831/capt.1afd7e55636144b780645746a3e8b30a.california\_wildfires\_scene\_ny132.jpg?x=400&y=271&q=85&sig=e9GAMy7ztV6cqQIvORZeLw--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090831/capt.1afd7e55636144b780645746a3e8b30a.california_wildfires_scene_ny132.jpg?x=400&y=271&q=85&sig=e9GAMy7ztV6cqQIvORZeLw--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090901/capt.photo\_1251744380313-6-0.jpg?x=400&y=249&q=85&sig=lxiYBKNCr3.hNkxZWPTe2g--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090901/capt.photo_1251744380313-6-0.jpg?x=400&y=249&q=85&sig=lxiYBKNCr3.hNkxZWPTe2g--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r3373907076.jpg?x=400&y=231&q=85&sig=SW8DP40B9WEEl7F8wj4JzA--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r3373907076.jpg?x=400&y=231&q=85&sig=SW8DP40B9WEEl7F8wj4JzA--)

[http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r4057958118.jpg?x=400&y=234&q=85&sig=ZJS96UHR.GhD8SV.8eArEg--](http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090831/i/r4057958118.jpg?x=400&y=234&q=85&sig=ZJS96UHR.GhD8SV.8eArEg--)

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/13 "2009-09-01T16:51:27Z")

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Electra Complex,

That first picture is what I was talking about. The perspective looks different from where I was, but it give an idea of how big this thing is.

They made some progress overnight but this is going to be burning for a long time.

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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/14 "2009-09-01T20:38:55Z")

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20% chance of rain in the fire area. Keep praying/wishing or whatever. 🙂 80% to go. 🙂

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**Author:** ![moonwhisper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/moonwhisper/32/1735_2.png) [@moonwhisper](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/moonwhisper)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/15 "2009-09-02T19:09:31Z")

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Wish I could send some rain to you.  
We’ve got a pretty good chance for thunderstorms every day for at least the next ten.  
I’d love to share.

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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/16 "2009-09-02T20:07:30Z")

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[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/3/3563b5ab7a29545ef40872381df5a2843e1b523a.jpeg "Station Fire Time Lapse Sunset 8/29/09") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqxjO5nr8k)

Holy Shiza!

Lol trade you some California sunshine for a box of rain. 🙂

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/4/4c613c0ce0ef5efa6329fcdf8b7f98c71fe84435.jpeg "V06427 colorful Station fire pyro cumulus timelapse HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjAGVDuusa4)

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/b/beb3420c3aba1bddcac80cb1fd89f645d56d66d2.jpeg "V06424 Station fire Smoke plume timelapse HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_thjcU08eXo)

Just unreal.

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/17 "2009-09-02T20:23:46Z")

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Electra;

Just a quick question. Is this your first active fire season, or have you been here for years?

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**Author:** ![ElectraComplex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/electracomplex/32/1257_2.png) [@ElectraComplex](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ElectraComplex)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/18 "2009-09-03T00:03:06Z")

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I grew up in a forest I don’t remember anything like this from the last few years at all .

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**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/19 "2009-09-03T00:31:53Z")

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> [@ElectraComplex](#):
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> …I don’t remember anything like this from the last few years at all .

The last few years, the fires have all been down here in San Diego, '03 and 07. Though, being an old sucker, I remember the '70 one too. Burned out the village I now live in. There’s an oak tree across the street from my house that still has burns from that fire.

The fires in '70, '03, and '07 each in turn became the largest fire in California history.😮

_Edit:_ As I’m writing this my village is getting pounded with rain, flash flood warnings have been posted.

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**Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/la-area-on-fire-o-o/32032/20 "2009-09-05T12:31:59Z")

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Some of those photos from the fires are sort of pretty… if you don’t think about what they are.

Here in Australia forest fires, or as we call them “bushfires” are pretty common - dry climate, most trees are eucalypts which rely on fire for their life cycle. My mother lives up in the semi-rural mountains west of Sydney, and has been through a few bad fire seasons… so I’ve got a lot of symphathy for you. But you guys in California NEED to start using controlled burn-offs as a hazard reduction strategy. No fuel, no fire.

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