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Some really great shots there.
Who will take the blame for the added CO2 levels and particulate matter that will elevate the greenhouse condition and accelerate the global warming condition?
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PS Thanks for the pictures. I feel bad for some of those people, and thank those that tried to avert the damage.
Who will take the blame for the added CO2 levels and particulate matter..........
Well certainly not me!
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Doug
Wow, great pictures.
Those are great pictures, sad, but good...The first time we drove down into San Diego on Rt.8, I was amazed at the way the houses were built on top of each other. We were in Fallbrook last August at the gourd farms and avocado farms...It's beautiful up there. I don't even know how the firefighters got up there! I truly hope that some good building codes come out of this.
"I truly hope that some good building codes come out of this."
I know that after the Oakland hills fire (3,200+ residences destroyed) they started prohibiting decks like the one pictured below. Steep hillsides + wood deck jutting from the house to capitalize on the view = giant fire-catcher.
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I guess there is a price to pay for beautiful views! Good! We also visited San Clemente and stayed there for a couple of days...How the hell do they get up on those hills to build? It looked like a house of cards ready to fall...
Great pictures Rez, excellent way to tell the story. I live just over the mountain from the Santiago fire in Corona, we were sweating it out a couple of weekends ago. Hats off to the firefighters and all involved in stopping it from coming over the ridgeline.
Dave
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Edited 11/11/2007 2:36 pm ET by rez
Edited 11/11/2007 2:40 pm ET by rez
Rez,
Great pictures. I fallowed it a little bit on television, I would see helicopters flying over, somebody crying in front of there house etc. But the still pictures really have a lot more to say. You can read the faces of those fighting it, and those that lost everything. A picture is worth a thousand words, and in this case TV is worth about ten. How did you get so many pictures?
Northeastvt
Got a buddy who emailed them to me.
Isn't this a remarkable photo?
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Rez,
There is a lot going on in it. Looking at the trees that are lower, it looks like hurricane winds, the taller ones don't seem to be moving that much from the heat. And then you can see the waterfront view that it had, thru the right side. I put the photo of the horses on the computer as my background, usually change it every week, the kids will use the computer and ask for all the details of the photo that's on the screen, I try to keep it interesting.
Northeastvt
If you collect pics worthy of background here's one of my favorites...
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Rez, great pics thank you.
FYI, the pic of the elk in the river is from the Yellowstone fire in 1988.
Aaron
Glad you pointed that out.Makes you wonder how many are being passed around in emails now that have nothing to do with the california fires.Rez, it's "Untitled2" in 96856.18
A small, unexpected act of kindness, goes a long way.
Luka,
Me again :) I was going to thank rez for that picture in my post, but was only 98% sure it was him who had posted it for me. So instead I just referenced the thread( couldn't find it at the time.) I assumed if someone wanted to see the picture they would find the thread and the post . But I can see how it would be confusing, if I had actually posted the picture.;)
Northeastvt
You could probably get a deal on that one.
jt8
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