Ernie

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:11 am

Are you ok down there in Socal????

Leif

Ernie · Post by **Ernie** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:16 pm

Yes I am, thanks for asking. There was a lot of stuff going on due to the fires but it never reached the "heart" of San Diego. I'm proud of how we all responded as a community.

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:10 pm

My Wife and I lived in La Mesa and I was amazed to see just how close it came.

Everybody in San Diego did great - real proud of you all.

Didnt manage to get to see the great Orange beast dropping loads did you???

Leif

Miikoyan · Post by **Miikoyan** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:27 am

One of my cousin's vacation down to San Diego Zoo with his family got ruined because of this fire....
I personally was flying CL215 (i think) from LAX and dropping water on the fire areas with friends of mine online...
lol anyways good to hear that you are okay m8.

Ionathan · Post by **Ionathan** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:48 am

Ah fires... really sad thing to see the environment and people destroyed by them. We had serious problems with fires in Greece last August. A huge part of southern Greece (Pelloponisus) forests destoyed along with many villages and unfortunately 68 people died. It's really sad.

flightsimer · Post by **flightsimer** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:20 pm

Ionathan wrote:Ah fires... really sad thing to see the environment and people destroyed by them. We had serious problems with fires in Greece last August. A huge part of southern Greece (Pelloponisus) forests destoyed along with many villages and unfortunately 68 people died. It's really sad.

ya i remember hearing about that...

i dont get how people can be so ignorant towards nature and people by setting these fires on purpose. its really sad that they think its alright to do it. I dont know how they could live with themselves after knowing that they have cause 10's of millions of dollars, and all the home that they have caused to burn down.

Miikoyan · Post by **Miikoyan** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:51 am

I heard that the fire in San Diego was an arson..is this true?

flightsimer · Post by **flightsimer** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:17 am

ya i think. at least 1 of the fires in CA was. i believe, there is 4 seperate fires all happening at the same time, and still going.

tjbaughn · Post by **tjbaughn** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:17 am

I heard on the news tonight it was started by a Kid playing with matches

Ernie · Post by **Ernie** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:31 pm

Didnt manage to get to see the great Orange beast dropping loads did you???

As a matter of fact I did. My office is in the Mira Mesa area and close to the Miramar Air Base. There was a lot of activity there. The "Governator" requested federal aid right away and they sent 5 C-130s I think. They flew non-stop only to refuel, replenish fire fighting agent, and crew. Along with those, the Navy and Marine Corps had their birds flying all over the place. The reason why the fires got out of hand the first couple of days was due to the Santa Ana winds causing a lot of headaches. The wind was too strong to get birds in the air flying low-level and also 40-50mph winds were causing a lot of small fires to spread to other areas and become these huge fires. At one point there were about 6 big fires all over San Diego County. Lessons learned from the fires 4 years earlier helped a lot. Also great leadership and readiness from our local government was key.

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:05 pm

Glad to hear it Ernie - I enjoyed living down there - nice folks and a good town - Do you go to Shakespeares at all???

Leif