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| mattmaxon |
Station "The Beast" Fire 9/1/2009The Beast has continued it relentless crawl through our playground overnightMostly it has two flanks now, West and East The west flank bordered by Little Tujunga Canyon The East flank has two claws. The North One on Pacifico Mtn heading toward Pleasant View Ridge The south claw roughly bordered on the south by the West fork and Mt Wilson Devils Cyn on the East and Upper Big Tujunga on the north 
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| edenooch |
Todays issue of the Times has a 4 page article and a simplified map.....
nice article of the 2 firefighters as well......Go get it |
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| solar |
At least the weather is slowing changing for the better.
Woke up to a marine layer. Red Flag Warning cancelled, humidity near 20% at Mt Wilson this morning. According to the NWS 20% chance of T-storms in the mountains today. Matt- thanks for the maps! sweet |
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| simonov |
The LA Times has a pretty good Google Map they have been updating for almost a week. Includes all the fires, including Oak Glen:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie...amp;t=p&z=10&source=embed |
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| outwhere |
A little bit ago, ktla showed some rather large flames and said they were to the east of Mt. Wilson.
Then they said something about a cafe that burned and all that was left was a phone booth... the shot they showed of the phone booth was not enough for me to figure out where it was... Like with many of these new reports, it left me wondering, 'where/what exactly are they talking about'... They only thing I could think of was Newcomb's - but that's just a big big guess on my part. Sure hope I'm wrong... |
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| edenooch |
that must be hidden springs cafe. by the bridge/tunnel section of the forest hwy...............It was a little hole in the wall but its a shocker to know every thing from la canada to there is history | ||||
| Rick Kent |
Hey Matt, do you have a new KML file put together yet? | ||||
| Hikin_Jim |
Pleasant View Ridge? Crap. I know Gleason's toast, but how bad has Pacifico taken the hit?
Flames E of Wilson? Santa Anita Canyon? 
I can't get the tower cam on Wilson to respond any more. Hopefully that just means that the power is out. Frick. The N side of Wilson was so beautiful.
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| Mike P |
HJ, no flames on Wilson yet...
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| EnFuego |
This was taken off one of the Sierra Clubs section:
"During the night the fire extended eastward and has encircled Mt. Vetter and the Chrarlton-Chilao area. The maps show it burning in Devil's Canyon, on Mt. Mooney, and threatening Newcomb's Ranch. It has also expanded into the upper West Fork, burning on the north side virtually all the way down to Cogswell Reservoir. One lobe appears to be making a run for Mt. Wilson from the north via the next canyon to the west of Strayne's Canyon. Another lobe is now burning the south side of Mt. Wilson near the summit. Further south, most of Millard Canyon has been engulfed right up to and including Inspiration Point, however the fire has not worked downslope to Castle Canyon and Echo Mountain, nor is it on the slopes of Muir Peak yet. Northward, most if not all of the Roundtop ridge is toast, including Granite Mtn and Roundtop, as is Pacifico. The Mt. Hillyer-Sulphur Springs area has not burned. Major threats today include upper Devil's Canyon and thence into the Waterman-Twin Peaks area, Vetter Mtn and the Chilao country, Mt. Wilson, Muir Peak, and the upper part of Eaton Canyon down to Camp Idlehour. A northern branch of the fire could crest over Bare Mountain and thence run further eastward onto Winston Ridge. If the fire continues unabated for a few more days, it could well burn all the high country east to Cajon Pass. We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed and hope that the fire can be tamped down when it reaches the high country above the chaparral belt. Pray for rain from Hurricane Jimena down in Baja California." |
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| Hikin_Jim |
CORRECTION: The tower cam is up and running -- and all of the towers to the W are still standing. Let us hope that it remains so.
Quite a lot of flames here in Tujunga last night. The "call in the night" never came, thank God. I've read that some homes were lost in La Crescenta. Anyone know where (or if this report is even accurate)? |
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| Mike P |
No, not even close, thankfully. |
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| mattmaxon |
Fire on the west flank
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| mattmaxon |
North East Claw
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| mattmaxon |
South East Claw
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| mattmaxon |
I have been hearing this too but I've not seen any solid information I took a bit of video on the way to work early this AM |
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| mattmaxon |
Station Fire Active PerimeterWhen a new active perimeter is release I'll try to update this mapThe GEOMAC site is sloooooow http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl...52617508381.00047287bb993cbaa8ae4 |
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| mattmaxon |
Yeah Baby! http://pctmap.homeip.net/data2/Fi...ire/Tuesday%200901/Map%200901.kml |
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| AW |
If you be curious, follow along with CBS
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/CBS-News Fire looked close to MtWilson, but not there yet... |
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| Rick Kent |
Even better shots of Mount Wilson on CNN live:
http://www.findinternettv.com/Sites/1518/CNN-Live.aspx Fire is REAL close to the telescopes and structures. It's all the way up to the parking area. Looks like it might be sticking low to the ground. No big flames are visible but a lot of smoke from under the trees. |
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| Hikin_Jim |
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| mattmaxon |
Yeah don't count up your losses until you can see'em Those oaks at least are very resilient, the fires in SD a few years back went through places and it looked like they where done for, most survived. The Sycamore's not so much one "good" thing to come out of this is the destruction of the poison oak! |
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| Hikin_Jim |
Hey, when I zoom in, the perimeter disappears. What gives? Probably just a problem with my settings. There's a KTLA feed that is showing the top of the mountain (Mt. Wilson) is starting to burn. It's burning near the 100" Hooker Telescope. KTLA General News http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/...newsat1,0,2962028.tividlivestream KTLA streaming via CNN just Mt. Wilson: http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1 |
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| AW |
Firefighters gain on blaze near Los Angeles
Thats the title of the associated press news coverage...who is feeding these news teams their coverage? |
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| mattmaxon |
Wonder how long it will take to grow back?
Hummm.. dunna know I made the Opacity about 30-something % so it may just be hard to see. under the Map 0901 folder the Active perimeter, rt-clk on the Style and Color tab You can change the color and opacity values here Make sure the Altitude is clamped to the ground |
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| mattmaxon |
Newer Modis dataAnother pass of the satellite shows some possible hopeful signs on the South East ClawThe latest and "Greatest" ? KML http://pctmap.homeip.net/data2/Fi...ST/Map%204%201330%20hrs%20PDT.kml |
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| dgrimreaper |
From the Mt. Wilson Towercam:
Note: the large amount of new smoke seen is due to backfires set by firefighters. This is the very best thing to do at the moment. Go California firefighters! For recent fire updates, click here I guess that is the best thing for now under the circumstances. Cross your fingers. |
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| mattmaxon |
Short videoShort video I took on the way to work this AMThis is on the freeway <> La Tuna Cyn Rd and Honolulu east bound |
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| mattmaxon |
Nurse! Nurse! get this man some help! 
Yeah Yeah, I gonna have the 1st annual Poison Oak eating contest this year It will coincide with the Stinging Nettle eating contest (friggin pussies) |
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| edenooch |
was @ in in out off the 2. no smoke or flames. is the fire contained?
poison oak? nettle? Lets have the walking through yucca contest to see who has some real cajones! |
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| mattmaxon |
Bah! Buckthorn Now that's a real bummer I'd rather walk though a mile of Yuccas than 1/10 mile of Buckthorn |
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| AW |
wicked:
bad luck: 
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| Hikin_Jim |
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| Rick Kent |
That stuff makes a nice green salad! 
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| Elwood |
And don't forget to bury it at least 8 inches deep after using it for "sanitary activities". | ||||