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Station Fire Update

by donna flores on August 30, 2009

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It is great to see the people of La Canada and La Crescenta showing their appreciation to the men and women who saved our community!  It was the brave, hard working firefighters and the policemen that backed them up and kept the looters from robbing the homes that had to evacuated as well as the paramedics and medical personal that treated all those who suffered from smoke and fire related injuries.

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This was the view of the fire  from the end of my street on Orange Ave and Briggs in La Crescenta on Monday 8/28

When the fire came down to the bottom of the mountain it literally looked like it was going to come down the street.  It was a bit un-nerving to say the least but I had to stay cool to let my kids know that everything was going to be all right.

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This Sikorski helicopter is a double bladed one which really looked cool!

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Sighting one of these Sikorski helicopters is a way of life now. I shot this one on the way home from work as Ange drove home on the 21o. Which says a lot for image stabilization in her mini ;-)

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This is another image taken on the way home on 9/1. This is a back fire set by the fire department to prevent the homes below from being burnt down, it clears the brush ahead of time.

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We spent part of the afternoon Saturday watching the helicopters dropping water on the hot spots along the fire where we live.   This picture was taken from my friend Angela’s apartment window.  It is absolutely amazing how much water they can drop and how accurate they are in their drops. I have a series of pictures that I want to sew together in photoshop to show the water drop, I hope to have up soon!

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This was taken from the roof of my home this is the fire cresting the hills behind our home.

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An Unfortunate Passage of Summer- Fires In Southern California

by donna flores on August 29, 2009

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Tuesday afternoon August 25th I was at home from work sick when I got a text from Ange telling me that there was a fire near by in the mountains near my home.  This is not something you want to hear in August when it is 106F and the brush is as dry as parchment paper.  The only thing that would make it worse would be if there were Santa Ana winds- then you have disaster! This week, so far, we have been blessed. The picture above is the evening of the 27th.  The fire had originated five miles north of La Canada above the Forest Rangers fire station- and so it got its name the “Station Fire”.  By the night of the 27th it had crested the Angeles Crest Mountains and began to work its way down the mountain side like a slow moving lava flow. The small dots of light along the mountain are homes.  As you can see they are very close to the path of harm.

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This is a close up of the flames. Our chaparral has a high oil content in it because plants like Manzanita shrubs and the pine trees.   As of this blog entry there have been no loss of homes or injuries.  We can all thank the Lord and all the hard working fire fighters for that.  If you are reading this blog entry and this fire is still in progress, say a prayer for the fire fighters on the lines, and for those in harms way.  Thank you.

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