More than 100 homes in the very prestigious Montecito community (Where Oprah, John Travolta, Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, among others, live) are on fire.
Rich or poor, white or black... this is a horrible situation no one should have to go through.

The winds are the firefighter's biggest enemy:



NASA depicts how the fire looks from space:



More horrible winds:



This is a very interesting view from above:



Meanwhile, the firemen continue to work very hard putting out the fires:

Saw this on the news last night. Amazing how many houses were instantly in flames. You'd think that they would build those roofs out of steel or something but it seems like some of the houses were caught on fire from the bottom of the outside walls.

I wish to god we would catch these freak ass arsonists. Most of the fires here are arson

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

it was arson??!

June7 said:

Those poor firefighters I know a couple of them were flown here to Orange County to UCI Med. Cntr to get treated for their burns

XxAxX said:

Almost every wildfire we have here is arson. Don't have confirmation on it but the odds are totally that it's arson. Fuckers.

...just a few miles from my home, incase any was wondering how PaisleyPark5083, is doing?

rain.

Very dry forest and winds do not help. people and wildlife.

Rob Lowe: Entire mountain around his Montecito home was on fire


at 16:13 on November 14, 2008, EDT.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTECITO, Calif. - Rob Lowe says he and his children fled a wildfire raging in California with just minutes to spare.

The 44-year-old actor said Friday in a telephone interview with local station KABC-TV that the entire mountain around his Montecito home was on fire and flames were shooting 60 metres in the air.

The actor says his home was ultimately spared, but as they left, the wind was blowing at 110 kilometres an hour and "it was just like Armageddon."

Lowe says he was watching football with his son Thursday night when his wife called to alert him. He says they didn't see any fire engines or police as they fled.


©The Canadian Press, 2008

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

jesus god. do i really want to move to southern california? we don't have a fire season here in MN??

XxAxX said:

Well don't live in the woods! If you live in the city no way there'd ever be fires like this unless Rodney King gets up to his bullshit again

firefighters...

christopher loyyd's house went up...

Sorry if this sounds cold but the rich and famous can afford to replace what they lose so I am not worried about them.

It's the regular folk who cannot afford to replace the homes and property they own

luv4u said:

it's not too cold... and it may be mostly true..
it's the WATCHING everything burn that hurts...no matter who you are..
but,yeah...

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Very true you just get all the smoke and ash blown in, one side of the sky is dark the other is nice and blue

I took these like an hour ago



hope everyone in the fire areas stay safe!

Just got a text from my brother who is there right now and he said that it's nuts, that he's never seen anything like it. He said the intense smell of fire everywhere is creepy.

JustErin said:

what area is your brother in?

veronikka said:

Santa something....I know there are a lot of Santa somethings there. I think it was Santa Ana, but he told me that he's now on route to OC...or trying to get there for his show but he said the highways are hell.

JustErin said:

yeah it's impossible to get anywhere right now on the freeways!

veronikka said:

Ya, that's what he said. They couldn't even get their scheduled car to pick them up, they had to hitch a ride with another artist, a very cool artist, but still a bit of a pain.

Does anyone know if Perris is near the fires? I have a close friend there and have been unable to reach him. Prayers for everyone there ~ such a tragedy.

MoonSongs said:

Lake Perris, California?

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

92571 zip code ~ just Perris as the only address I have

MoonSongs said:

Sorry, they are fine... A good hour by car from the troubles!

JustErin said:

Ha! Your brother was within a mile of me.. I think that is amazing and odd cool all at the same time.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

So very close wonder where he was headed?

veronikka said:

Just looked it up (how sad is it that I don't even know myself where he is).

So he's playing a club called Proof tonight, then LAX in Hollywood tomorrow night. And then somewhere else later in the week.

JustErin said:

Just around the corner from me!
LAX is a very hot spot!

okay. i am beginning to think that life here in the Land of Many Waters ain't so bad after all. even with winter.

Great photos