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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLos Angeles DUers- fire in the Sepulveda Pass
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/09/14/brush-fire-burns-close-to-homes-in-sepulveda-pass/ugh! Not good at all in this heat.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)THANK GOD it's not windy!!!!!!!
Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)They evacuated the Getty.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)How far am I from the fire?
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Sounds like it's more toward the Santa Monica side - this is where the 405 goes through the Santa Monica Mountains/Hollywood Hills
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)I just asked a neighbor. He said exactly what you said.
TY
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Wow! You guys beat the San Joaquin Valley.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)...I wouldn't expect it to last the night.
Rush hour traffic is fucked though
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts).
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Like I said below, traffic is fucked (don't even try the 405,101, 5 or 10) but this isn't going to burn long (much better terrain than the San Gabriels)
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts).
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Sepulveda, over the hill to UCLA
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)traffic
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Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)It is in the area of "carmageddon", thru the Sepulveda pass. No winds which is great. They will probably be able to put it down pretty fast. 10% humidity though and pretty darn hot. Fire season is here.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)--CBS 2 News at 5pm.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/sepulveda-brush-fire.html
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)They actually made an exception to a woman handling them.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)We should all meet for a drink someday
but not today probably!!
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)107, nomex UGH.
Regardless watch for the winds and where they go... and keep your eyes peeled to local news.
Oh and due to temps. yes mom, go ahead... keep yourself hydrated even if not close to that mess.
GObamaGO
(665 posts)Man, I loathe fire season.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)flamingdem
(39,321 posts)It's from kcrw
goclark
(30,404 posts)We could see smoke in the sky but could not tell where it was coming from-----
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)too close!
goclark
(30,404 posts)We had no idea ~
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Super Scoopers dropping water, and the lack of wind, they got it taken care of pretty quickly.
But it sure made an unholy mess out of traffic this evening. A friend was going to come up from Santa Monica after work but he cancelled. I couldn't see any way he could get up here in under 2 hours, if at all, lol.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)and in this heat, yuk!
Initech
(100,102 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Just asked hubby, and it's closer to the 405 than the five on the Hollywood side.
He is a tad more familiar.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Literally within feet of the freeway.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)The only conceivable effect on LAX would be from traffic slowdowns, but the 5pm news live shots showed all lanes of the 405 open, even while the fire was still going.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)And poor fire resources...wait...this is LA not SD...
Don't ask. But damn they get touchy when you bring this up. Again, don't ask. Propper conditions we may see it go through downtown San Diego.
Hey, at least that could be a good series of photos...
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)miles and miles and miles of city.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Urban areas at risk.but hey, you got a county FD.
Again, don't ask.