Holy Hannah! Los Angeles area brushfire....

[Bluebear]

RANCHO PALOS VERDES — A brush fire has broken out in Rancho Palos Verdes, at Crest and Crenshaw boulevards. Flames are about 300 yards from some homes, and evacuations have now been ordered.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/071305_nw_brush_fire.html#

on edit, live news stream:
http://www.kcbs2.com/

[slackmaster]

1. Pretty early in the season

The ground and vegetation haven't completely dried up from the winter rains. It's going to be a hell of a fire season here in SoCal.

[Bluebear]

2. Those houses ain't cheap either!

[AlCzervik]

3. it is so freking hot in California right now that i'm afraid

there are many more fires to come.

[deacon2]

4. Nasty hot in SoCal today

The air seems to pull the moisture right off your skin. Perfect brush fire weather. Somewhere in Century City, an insurance agent sucks down a second martini and considers a new career...

[Bluebear]

5. I see it's 110 in Vegas now.

Way too early for this heat!

[Ms. K]

6. Mr. K said that it was 109

In Temecula earlier today.

Fire season is going to suck ass. God, I hope we can sell our house soon....

[Booster]

7. I've jumped in the shower 4 times today just to get wet. I'm thinking

about getting one of them inflatable pools cause this is going to be one hot summer and I don't have A/C.

[Lindacooks]

8. Anybody else notice something weird in that picture?

How the green of the grass is sharply delineated right at property lines? How much water is needed to keep that grass green in an environment that is obviously not meant for it?

[Bluebear]

9. Well, it is a ritzy dizty area...

but having said that, remember that LA and the desert southwest areas had BIG rains this year. And all that rain made for extra vegetation which is now making for extra brushfire fuel!