Crazy fires going on in Cali

[Deleted member 4644]

Originally posted by: Eghck
Forgive me if this is inappropriate but How will this affect housing prices? Will people be able to get another house at the price of their current? or will they have to relocate? I never once considered fire insurance, but I might now.

I don't think it will have a big effect on home prices. If anything it might make SD seem less desirable in the long run.

There are a LOT of houses on the market, so having a few 100 burn will not have a huge effect. Also most homes that burn will be rebuilt using insurance/state/federal money.

 

[prontospyder]

wow - scary NASA image: Link

 

[bo0]

Fvcking Santa Ana Winds! Calm down already!

Just got off the phone with a friend that just bought a House in Rancho Bernardo and her house is safe. But both her neighbors house are gone.

My Co-worker lives out in Ramona and his house is gone too.

 

[prontospyder]

More than half a million people evacuated:

Link

 

[purbeast0]

wow that is pretty sad

so did these all start in the wild or was someone responsible for this?

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Eghck
Forgive me if this is inappropriate but How will this affect housing prices? Will people be able to get another house at the price of their current? or will they have to relocate? I never once considered fire insurance, but I might now.

I suspect some of these people will just move. If you have fire insurance, you're good to go. If not... well, southern california real estate is insane.

Apartment renters will probably also stay.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
wow that is pretty sad

so did these all start in the wild or was someone responsible for this?

Some are definitely confirmed arson (specifically in the Irvine area), others supposedly started in the wild.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: purbeast0
wow that is pretty sad

so did these all start in the wild or was someone responsible for this?

Some are definitely confirmed arson (specifically in the Irvine area), others supposedly started in the wild.

wow that is really sad. i hope those assholes get caught.

 

[zagood]

Pretty much confirmed that the SD fires were accidents/natural. It's guessed that the main one was an exploding transformer.

-z

 

[Pshawn5]

Originally posted by: AkumaX
best link for the Santiago Fire that I've seen so far

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms...4987&z=11&source=embed

ooh good link. thanks

 

[Redline]

Please tell me they wont let Disneyland burn to the ground...

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's amazing how dark it is here right now. It is 2:30 in the afternoon and it looks like the sun just set. I have light on inside my house.

Oh, and work is closed today.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It's amazing how dark it is here right now. It is 2:30 in the afternoon and it looks like the sun just set. I have light on inside my house.

Oh, and work is closed today.

Can you take a pic?

 

[funkymatt]

work's not closed here.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms...4987&z=11&source=embed

I'm at Lake Forest and Dimension. I can see the fire from here. :Q

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Originally posted by: funkymatt
work's not closed here.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms...4987&z=11&source=embed

I'm at Lake Forest and Dimension. I can see the fire from here. :Q

Hehe I'm at Bake and Rancho Pkwy (one light east from Dimension) and they sent us home. Are you at WD?

Edit: Because of the air quality, not the flames.

 

[sciencewhiz]

From the union tribune map, it looks like they have started evacuations around Oceanside. http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/

 

[Phokus]

So basically places near wooded areas are only affected, right? These fires can't burn down a city, right?

 

[PetunZ]

Originally posted by: Phokus
So basically places near wooded areas are only affected, right? These fires can't burn down a city, right?

Depends. The fires in Orange County and North LA (Malibu, Valencia area) have been pretty much wooded areas (or shrubs/weeds). A few homes that are embedded in those areas have gone up in flames. This is the same as the Lake Arrowhead area, where most of the homes are in wooded areas.

The San Diego county fires are different though. From the news reports, the fires are ripping through suburbs and destroying their homes (hence the ~500,000 evacuations).

 

[funkymatt]

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo

Originally posted by: funkymatt
work's not closed here.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms...4987&z=11&source=embed

I'm at Lake Forest and Dimension. I can see the fire from here. :Q

Hehe I'm at Bake and Rancho Pkwy (one light east from Dimension) and they sent us home. Are you at WD?

Edit: Because of the air quality, not the flames.

yes, at western digital. you wanna do lunch sometime?

 

[Pocatello]

I called my uncle and aunt in SD Monday nite, they were packing furiously in case they were order to leave.

 

[PetunZ]

Originally posted by: funkymatt

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo

Originally posted by: funkymatt
work's not closed here.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms...4987&z=11&source=embed

I'm at Lake Forest and Dimension. I can see the fire from here. :Q

Hehe I'm at Bake and Rancho Pkwy (one light east from Dimension) and they sent us home. Are you at WD?

Edit: Because of the air quality, not the flames.

yes, at western digital. you wanna do lunch sometime?

Is the fire pretty much out in the El Toro Marine Base/Bake Pkwy area?

The only smoke I saw today seemed like it was on the other side of the Whiting ranch hills...

 

[JulesMaximus]

Pic of my car in the driveway at 11AM this morning.

There is no cloud cover today either. The sun is being obscured by smoke making it one of the darkest days I've ever seen here.

Look at all the ash on my car just from sitting in my driveway overnight. I'm not even very close to an evacuation area. I've been shut in my house pretty much all day, no windows open, only going out when absolutely necessary because I don't want to breathe in the soot that is floating around in the air.

Kind of ironic though that when I went to the supermarket this morning there were people sitting outside smoking cigarettes...:roll:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
From the union tribune map, it looks like they have started evacuations around Oceanside. http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/

The + signs are evacuation centers. Meaning places people who have been evacuated can go there.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Pic of my car in the driveway at 11AM this morning.

There is no cloud cover today either. The sun is being obscured by smoke making it one of the darkest days I've ever seen here.

Look at all the ash on my car just from sitting in my driveway overnight. I'm not even very close to an evacuation area. I've been shut in my house pretty much all day, no windows open, only going out when absolutely necessary because I don't want to breathe in the soot that is floating around in the air.

Kind of ironic though that when I went to the supermarket this morning there were people sitting outside smoking cigarettes...:roll:

that is freaky. :Q

 

[JulesMaximus]

Here's a pic of the sun from my bedroom window at 4PM