2007.10.27
2007 San Diego and SoCal Fires
Fires Raging in SoCalIt’s unbelievable what’s happening down in Southern California. Fires have been raging out of control for days and though many are coming under control now, already half a million acres have been consumed. 487,000 acres - about 760 square miles or imagine a square 28 miles on every side. San Francisco is only a bit over 7 miles on a side! The fires (at least the smoke) can easily be seen from space. Of course President Bush made the mandatory trek to the scene of the devestation and I’m just hoping his people handle it better than the handled Katrina. Though federal aid has been promised, they aren’t off to a good start “winning hearts and minds” of the general public. Senator Dianne Feinstein is trying to get money to prevent forest fires (sounds like an old slogan) but I would expect her to; it’s her state. As for the Presidential candidates…
Anyways, my sincere condolensces to those that have lost homes, businesses and -worst of all- loved ones.
If you’re looking for pictures of the devastation then Zimbio seems to have a fairly decent collection (which is where I found the picture below) and there’s a Flickr Pool which is where I found the smaller picture at the side (link to original). It’s remarkable how similar that picture looks to the one I uploaded in 2003…
Image from the LA Times (warning: link will resize your browser window)
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