does anyone think it's weird cnn wasn't covering it?

live4lust said:

i saw coverage on cnn a few hours ago

3 inches of rainfall eh?




Nah, that sucks

evenstar3 said:

There was nothing about it last night on their website.

live4lust said:

I don't think it's happened exactly there before that I can remember, but fires happen all over California, especially when morons don't put out their cigarettes properly (according to the the theory I heard about this particular one).

I grew up in Malibu where evacuation was a yearly event it seemed. We had the hills across the street burn, and neighbors losing houses.

It's the dry air, lack of rain, & Santa Ana winds. If you drive around LA you can see lots of places where the trees are still black from fires that might have happened years ago.

Oh, and just wait for the first rains in fall. Then come the landslides!

That picture of Griffith park is so scary, though!

NDRU said:

You aren't supposed to even smoke in the hills, so he was committing a crime before a ciggie ever hit the ground, if that was the case.

thats terrible i did a 16 mile run there before...it was a nice park

i hope they get it under control soon

live4lust said:

Seriously, and I'm not blaming Philip Morris, but WTF do people think when they've got cigarettes in the middle of a mountain of dry brush?

At least be careful when you break the law!

Oh, good Christ

Griffith Park fire:

The latest:


• More than 817 acres burned

• Fire 50% contained

• Full containment expected tonight

• Burned man "not a suspect"

• Most evacuations lifted

DiminutiveRocker said:

I thought it was over. damn.

live4lust said:

Maybe your avatar is fanning the flames!



The fire was the fifth in the 4,200-acre park since December and one of a string of blazes to hit the Hollywood Hills. In March, a fire crept up the hills on the San Fernando Valley side and burned near the Hollywood sign. Earlier this year, brush fires destroyed homes in Malibu and Beverly Hills.

Downtown Los Angeles is close to setting a record for lack of rainfall. County officials issued a report earlier this week that found the moisture level of hillside brush was 50% lower this May than a year earlier. The brush is expected to dry considerably more during the summer and early fall.
[Edited 5/9/07 16:54pm]

DiminutiveRocker said:

If that was true, they better shut down yahoo and cnn's sites!

This is what it looked like out my second story window last night:



From Hoover and Melrose in Silver Lake. Felt like you could reach out and touch it!
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Jestyr said:

dayum

Stax said:

I don't see anything.

I tried cutting and pasting the link and that didn't work, either.
[Edited 5/9/07 19:30pm]

~Hugs Barbara. Thinking of you.
You're the best!

Freespirit said:

Freespirit said:

Oh no! I hope no one gets hurt.

UCantHavaDaMango said:

There were very little injuries - all the firemen faired well, thank God. But hundreds of acres burned and the woodland creatures will be coming down to the neighborhoods to seek food... racoons, possums, and coyotes... oh, my!
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DiminutiveRocker said:

That's terrible!
[Edited 5/10/07 12:12pm]

How very sad!

I am glad that you are ok...

live4lust said:

I think I fixed it - can you see it now? (Damn Yahoo Photos...)

Jestyr said:

whoa!

DiminutiveRocker said:

yeah, that's a wild pic. did you see these?

live4lust said:

Whoa Whoa. Those are way more intense! I just can't believe how close it came to houses! At least its over and they've opened up the Los Feliz exits from the 5.