Here, the Shokey Fire plume

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and I will post more photos tomorrow...

Damn I am tired.



And getting behind a fire line before most of the fire people get there CAN be dicey... GOD, I got some good photos, but damn, it was a dicey... all for journalism...

Freaky thing, some of the people watching from the I\C (Incident command center), were residents where I actually took photos. So I shared them with them right there, and I'll be darned and lucky, none of the structures I photographed were theirs...

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1. THis is NOT a country lane you want to drive down

trust me.



One of those where I took my photo and yes, BAILED... winds were getting freaky, and I had a feeling of this could really be bad, So just backed away and moved.

Oh, by the way, the truck has a nice smell of burning crap on it. Ah wonderful smell.

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2. yikes, take care

I bet your clothes smell like smoke.

Thanks for sharing.

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3. Right now the nomex layer one is in the washer

between the sweat and the smoke.

The truck is smokey too.

Here is the article, dated by now

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/11152

And my editor's update as of this morning.

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/11153

They fear they have lost twenty homes, more are threatened

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4. Of the whole series, I think this is my favorite actually

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5. UPDATE

Shockey Fire has burned 2000+ acres.

20 homes are lost, and 10 damaged, with 15 outbuildings lost.

Also, as of last night the southern leg of the main power line going to San Diego (and Northern Baja), was under threat by the fire.

So if per chance we lose power, that is one reason.

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6. UPDATE

40% contained

They found one civilian dead in the ruble of a house yesterday.

We also will be spending the day up there.

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7. oh no

that is terrible and sad. Don't do anything too risky.

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8. We didn't

Will be posting a thread with a few compelling photos, Damage assessment brought this damage down to 11 homes, yup, confusing at times in the middle of a disaster