California Fires

[LightWorker]

A friend just called and she is worried about her Mom who lives in Carlsbad California. Any links with maps or up to date info? Thanks for any help!!

 

[scooterbug44]

Red Cross has set up a website/call center so that people can check on their friends & family.

Either call 1-800-REDCROSS or go to disastersafe.redcross.org

 

[LightWorker]

Red Cross has set up a website/call center so that people can check on their friends & family.

Either call 1-800-REDCROSS or go to disastersafe.redcross.org

Thank you I know my friend is so worried.​

 

[Miss Kitty]

These fires are so scary!

 

[LightWorker]

These fires are so scary!

My poor friend just called again and had to get off because she was being pulled over by a state trooper. She is not having a good day.

 

[scooterbug44]

Very scary!

Also very frustrating because of people not being considerate - firefighting resources are being used to evacuate folks who were told to leave & didn't, instead of fighting fires, gawkers are clogging roads and hampering the movements of emergency personnel & their equipment, and many homes are in more danger than necessary because folks chose to have lots of foliage rather than follow the fire guidelines.

 

[LightWorker]

According to the Pentagon:​

About 800 Marines, some of them back from Iraq, from Camp Pendleton have been volunteered to fight the massive fires. About 1,500 California National Guardsmen already are fighting fires.

Military helping fight fires while poised to evacuate - CNN.com​

 

[Rudyjohn]

It's strange how something like this effects so many of us even at a distance. I have 2 friends with children who attend college there, 1 at Occidental and 1 at Pepperdine. They've both been evacuated. Both mothers are beside themselves.

 

[jodiFL]

I heard a report that FEMA had arrived a few hours ago. And some friends on another board are going crazy. They said that they were able to drop water today finally but that when the winds picked up in the afternoon that those would be stopped. I also heard that is is getting close to 75k acres burning and only about 8% contained.

 

[jodiFL]

/snip....literally a wall of fire and smoke coming right at my house. I can see the Arrowhead fire from my window and it looks bad... the sky in that direction is pink and brown and even though we are miles away the ash and smoke make their way toward where I live. That is the major fire in my area, ... little spot fires seem to pop up left and right .... Highways are being shut down due to spot fires and extreme wind events (the Santa Ana's are wicked through here). I've lived in SoCal all my life and have never seen a fire event this bad, so many fires at once in so many different counties is frightening.

Quoted from someone I know elsewhere.... hopes she stays safe!