socalMAN123 Posted October 23, 2007 Author Posted October 23, 2007 ^^Yeah, same here Elissa. Except, it would have to burn through a gigantic outdoor mall, several hundred houses, the 5 freeway, more houses, and then it would finally get to us. Besides that though, the smoke has started to shift our direction, so it is right in the path of the sun, making everything visible orange. After another day in the smoke, I've gotten used to breathing it, so it's not that horrible anymore. Stay safe everyone in Socal! ---Brent
Coasterlvr_nc Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 ^ you should still probably try and avoid the smoke..... Â I really hope no one on TPR is affected by this, its very sad when something devastating like this happens.
map2 Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Yea, this is my thrid month in Los Angeles, and I'm a little worried about the fires. My house is n the same mountain range as the ones in Malibu, except its about a 45 minute drive (w/o traffic) east of the fires. Also my school is in the hills and its about 25 mins (again w/o traffic) away from my house. I'm pretty worried now
RollerNut Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Is Magic Mountain open, or have they decided to closed the park because of the fires?
spaceace12 Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 According to thier website, it is only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday and School Holidays. I did see on the news that they are using the Chargers stadium up in San Deigo as a emergency shelter.
krouvi Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 In the news it looks really really scarry but I guess those of you who do live close see it from a more realistic (and sometimes less catastrophic) point of view. I live in Israel and we got our own shit so I know that things can look much worse on tv than in reality. Â I pray for all of you in this area. My advice for you is to make a "just in case" bag with all the things that you really want to keep and that you might not have time to pack if the fire will get closer and you need to evacuate. I doesn't hurt to be ready.
MagicMountainMan Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 I heard on the news lately that the three fires in Santa Clarita are supposed to be joining together sometime within the next 24 hours... And they are heading towards the Ventura County/Simi area. Â So for all of you that are worried about Magic Mountain, it's in the clear for now. The fire I believe burned away from it. Â But I'm over in Newbury Park (Thousand Oaks) and yesterday the smoke and ash was terrible from the fires. Today it actually wasn't bad, though. Now that doesn't mean that the fires are getting better, it probably just means that the winds have changed course. Â I hope all of you in Valencia/Santa Clarita are safe... I know what it's like to have a fire burning literally in your backyard. Probably one of the scariest things that has ever happened to me. (My house is 3 streets away from Mt. Boney, part of the Santa Monica Mountain Range)
RCFreak Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 Fire sucks. The running springs/ Lake arrowhead fire heading down the hill toward San Bernardino
AllenA07 Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 Glad to hear the fire is moving away. I found out the other day that the area I lived around in Canyon Country had been evacuated. Even though I'm in Texas I really feel for all the people back home.
RC_dartarro Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 Yep, here in San Diego it's hard to go anywhere or do anything without seeing fire in some close proximity. We were all packed up last night since the Mt. Miguel fire got rather close to us in Spring Valley. Eek...view from my backyard. A bit toasty for comfort.
Coasterlvr_nc Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 ^ wow.... how close did the fires actually get?!?
major bummer Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 I live in saugus and we were evacuated yesterday, but my dad and i stayed the fire never came close to our homes, but it burned most of the homes near us. last i heared was the Castaic fire is burning so is the buckweed fire and stevenson ranch fire are still burning strong.
socalMAN123 Posted October 24, 2007 Author Posted October 24, 2007 I tried to go out and get some pics tonight, but I couldn't get a good view of it. Everything was orange this afternoon, it was pretty weird. Good luck everyone! ---Brent
Loco Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 I can't imagine watching a wildfire that is about to scorch my house, or a neighbors.. Â I feel bad for all these people. Courtesy of Yahoo!
Zen Coaster Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 This is terrible business. My thoughts & prayers are with all of you who are at risk or have lost their homes but more importantly for your continued safety.
RIP Psyclone Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 After seeing footage on the news, photos on the internet, and reading things in this thread such as "a fire started under Viper," I had to go check out SFMM tonight for myself to see how things were. I saw no fires in the immediate area, no evidence that there were ever any fires, not even smoke in the distance. Nothing! Â I think the worst has passed.
matteocrepaldi Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 It was on the news in Italy too a couple of nights ago.
verticalzero Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 I hope no Theme Parks with "Classic" woodies are in the way of the fires..
RC_dartarro Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 ^ wow.... how close did the fires actually get?!? Â Well we were all packed up and ready to go just in case, if the fire had moved down the mountain and jumped the road it would have been at the base of my hill. The fire only got about halfway to 3/4 down the mountain (not sure, I fell asleep) before some tankers smothered it out in the morning, thankfully.
rgb60 Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 That's strange that they all have names. But I guess when there's 12-14 of them burning at once, you need some way to differentiate between them. On the Philly news this morning, they showed a reporter in SD reporting on his own house burning down. That was awful! Â I hope and pray this plays out without further injury or loss of life and property. Especially for the firemen.
coastercrazed49 Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 ^That was on the national news to. That was really sad to see.
aliston Posted October 25, 2007 Posted October 25, 2007 I posted some of my pictures from my trip there on sunday here: Â http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=475579 Â Long story short, it sucked.
socalMAN123 Posted October 25, 2007 Author Posted October 25, 2007 ^Those are some crazy pictures! I would've just left halfway through the day if all the rides were closed. Anywho, the smoke kinda got worse today, but having no wind helped a lot! The Santiago fire (the fire closest to me, therefore causing the most problems) is now 50% contained, so hopefully soon it will be out! Let's see if we can get all those other fires 50% contained! ---Brent
chmilo24 Posted October 25, 2007 Posted October 25, 2007 If you were to get more halloween pics, that would seem cool with the orange sky. But my prayers go out to those who have or might be affected by the fires.
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