風小空降滅火出動
新加入消防員接手火勢
火勢50%撲滅;但野火仍往東南蔓延
已燒到Trabuco and Live Oak Canyon Road.
再往西南就是Rancho Santa Margarita
阿諾首長到El Toro避難現場探視一小時
明天布希要去聖地牙哥災區看視
作官的果然不會作秀是不行的......
山寨家離野火處有一段距離一切安好
山大妞和山大王一起拖地
清飄進家的樹木灰燼
山大王睡覺前說他還是有聞到BBQ的味道
是不是電視新聞上看到那隻被主人遺留在後的小豬已經被BBQ了呢
星期二晚上山大王和山大妞都比平常癢癢
星期三早上
空氣仍然悶熱灰塵遮蓋天際
清晨月亮是紅古銅色;太陽則像鹹鴨蛋黃般的橙紅
回家的路上
媽咪問山大王看到四周山都有濃煙或灰燼的雲霧覺得如何呢
山大王很肯定的回答媽咪
那些一定都是火山啊
所以山上才會有火啊
如果你問山大王雪和火從哪裡來
山大王可釋會很認真地解釋給你聽他認為的邏輯
都是從山上來的
媽咪好幾次想要好好解釋雪不是只有山上才有
無奈都被山大王大聲反駁說不是
說來也不能怪他
旅行時山大王所知道的名火山Mt. Fuji; Mt. Rainier都是休火山
他也只有去日本Yamagata和大熊湖才看過雪
難怪他自認為雪是從山上來的......
Air tankers, calmer winds give firefighters hope
Santiago fire reported to be 50% contained. Weather forecasters expect Orange County conditions to ease as new firefighters and equipment arrive. By DOUG IRVING, SAL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL MELLO, AMY TAXIN, VIK JOLLY, RYAN HAMMILL and FRED SWEGLES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
A fourth smoky day dawned in Orange County with some reason for hope: fresh firefighters on the lines, new air tankers roaring overhead, a forecast that no longer included gale-force winds.
But thousands of morning commuters learned the hard way that the threat of wildfire was still a long way from easing. Flames from a new fire bridged the I-5 freeway near Camp Pendleton overnight, bringing traffic there to a standstill and paralyzing train service.
The freeway was a sea of brake lights and idling cars clear into San Clemente before the morning rush hour had even begun in earnest. The southbound lanes reopened shortly after 7 a.m., but traffic was being funneled through a single lane farther south.
In the canyons of Orange County, some 600 firefighters were still struggling to bring the Santiago fire under control. In the air, four helicopters and four air tankers were backing them up, after two days of pleas from local fire officials for more resources.
At about 9:45 a.m., firefighters said the Santiago fire was 50 percent contained. For several days, containment had been at 30 percent.
Gov. Schwarzenegger will join CAL FIRE Director Ruben Grijalva, California State Fire Marshal Kate Dargan and Assemblymember Spitzer for a tour of El Toro High School evacuation center. Immediately after the tour, the governor will hold a news conference to discuss the fires across the state and the emergency relief efforts throughout Southern California.
The fire has destroyed at least six homes, damaged eight others and burned 20 outbuildings, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The locations of those homes were not immediately available, although at least three were in Modjeska Canyon.
The fire had burned so fiercely there Tuesday afternoon that, at times, firefighters and even helicopters had to pull back.
Thousands of people had been ordered to leave the canyon communities as the fire blustered toward them on unpredictable Santa Ana winds. Forced evacuations were still in place this morning for several of the canyon areas, including Modjeska Canyon, Silverado Canyon and Trabuco Canyon.
The fire swerved in the night and was moving east and southeast into the foothills and canyons off Santiago Canyon Road. It was on a path this morning toward the fuel-rich Cleveland National Forest, and county fire officials had begun synchronizing their efforts with those of the U.S. Forest Service.
The National Weather Service was forecasting another day of "critical fire weather" today, with winds gusting to 40 mph and dust-dry conditions. But its morning update ended on a more optimistic note: winds easing in the afternoon, and a cooler sea breeze pushing in from the coast.
The fire has swept through 19,200 acres since it started Sunday, apparently with three separate ignition points set intentionally and calculated to provoke maximum damage.
The fire’s toll was obvious along the rolling hills south of Modjeska Canyon, where flames had left behind little but scorched, skeletal trees and singed cactuses. Wires dangled from burned telephone and electrical poles.
"Unbelievable," said J.P. Deguay after he returned to the home he helped build on Modjeska Canyon Road. His home survived; a few yards away, though, his neighbor’s home had burned to the ground.
A few hundred people were still without power, after fierce winds and fire tore through some electrical lines. But Southern California Edison was keeping a close eye on the high-voltage transmission lines at the San Onofre Nuclear Generator Station as the Camp Pendleton fire raged nearby.
Those lines were San Diego County’s last link to imported energy, after fires destroyed the other high-tension lines it relies upon.
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