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18. When we were kids we used to like pulling over to watch freight trains

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 07:51 PM

Jul 2015

right there in the pass (although I can't for the life of me remember why we drove all the way out there, except maybe to watch trains... )

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Brush Fire Jumps Highway In So Cal [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 OP

At least 8 vehicles on fire BarbaRosa Jul 2015 #1

I've never heard of cars on the freeway catching fire from a wildfire before this villager Jul 2015 #30

It is extremely rare but it does happen nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #32

Is it windy out there, or just tinder-dry? villager Jul 2015 #34

Both and my educated guess from scanner traffic nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #37

Oy. At the point where it's making its own "weather" already? villager Jul 2015 #39

My other question is... in San Diego Air copter 1 and 2 have night time nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #40

30 percent contained? villager Jul 2015 #42

My ear is on a bloody scanner nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #44

And that has been walked back per LA Times nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #52

Wow, I-15 in the Cajon Pass - with a couple of cars caught by the flames petronius Jul 2015 #2

I have been on that road several times as my gf's gf lives in Vegas. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #4

When we were kids we used to like pulling over to watch freight trains petronius Jul 2015 #18

We don't have a car but we rent one to go to Vegas. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #20

We're watching it on CNN right now. Holy shit. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #3

Here the link nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #5

Almost a jinx! Been watching these cars ignite for half an hour, now. countryjake Jul 2015 #7

I am watching the water drops nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #9

It's the same way up here in WA, tinder dry, wild fires everywhere... countryjake Jul 2015 #19

Here is a file picture from the Chariot fire of that DC 10 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #23

Same here GP6971 Jul 2015 #28

KOMO news said today that high temps & dry conditions here til Oct 2016. countryjake Jul 2015 #33

Yep, the deer GP6971 Jul 2015 #38

This is scary malaise Jul 2015 #10

Cajun Pass? 2naSalit Jul 2015 #46

Well you know the drill nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #48

Yup... 2naSalit Jul 2015 #49

live video, here... countryjake Jul 2015 #6

So dry out here in SoCal aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #8

It is not a desert. SoCal's climate is semi-arid. KamaAina Jul 2015 #12

To me it's a desert aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #15

Desert planets? KamaAina Jul 2015 #16

Too late for you my friend aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #17

And so it begins. KamaAina Jul 2015 #11

It has not stopped nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #14

And September and October are yet to come... villager Jul 2015 #29

Don't remind me nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #31

This is the area map nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #13

Man. They fly that DC-9 tanker like a cropduster! House of Roberts Jul 2015 #21

We have seen them at major fires. It is an impressive site nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #27

Fire now up to 2000 acres, mandatory evacuations in Baldy Mesa area. countryjake Jul 2015 #22

This is a file picture of the DC 10 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #24

Victorville Fair grounds for large animal shelter nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #25

Live video udbcrzy2 Jul 2015 #26

Watching it live on Chris Hayes Sienna86 Jul 2015 #35

3500 acres nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #36

another fire burning in nor cal too shanti Jul 2015 #41

30 percent contained nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #43

Inciweb data nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #45

Satellite image from the fire nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #47

Wind from the south. bemildred Jul 2015 #51

This is going to be days nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #53

Shit, the earlier report of some containment is not nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #50

There were as many as 5 drones PasadenaTrudy Jul 2015 #54

5 percent contained per inciweb this morning nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #55

45 percent nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #56