LA Scene: Fire fighting continues ...

A message on Facebook from one of the members of our church with a home in the frontlines:
The helicopter pilots that water-drop are unbelievably accurate. Chopper #734 may have saved our home this morning. Neighbors where incredible.

Have the TV on and the reporter is saying some of the areas are so remote that it could burn for over a week because some of the areas have so much fuel.

The key thing to watch for is winds. The only "good" news so far has been that the winds have been mild. If they were to pick up and blow in the wrong direction, whole communities could be engulfed.

Besides checking the coverage on the regular media, see LA Observed. Roderick links the following:



A time lapse ... see below...

Time Lapse Test: Station Fire from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.

Hats off to the firefighters who have been on the line for so many days and condolences to the families and friends of the two who died today in the line of duty.

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