California Fire
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Melting Slicks
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From: Rugby North Dakota
California Fire
Don't know / didn't appear that anyone else had started a thread asking for prayers and support for our California C5 brothers and sisters who are enduring the raging fires out there - prayers as well for not just the C5 family out there, but also for everyone in California affected by the fires
I know this isn't 100% directly C5 related, but I'd ask the mods to leave it here in C5 general since this area has more traffic.
Good luck all, our thoughts / prayers are with you.
I know this isn't 100% directly C5 related, but I'd ask the mods to leave it here in C5 general since this area has more traffic.
Good luck all, our thoughts / prayers are with you.
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From: HOW FAST WAS I GOING OFFICER? Los Angeles Hating GM Dealership Service Dept.'s Since Sept. 2004
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
I live between both affected areas...
... it's surreal.
I'm praying for rain...
...I have a couple of friends who may stay with me if they can't get home.
... it's surreal.
I'm praying for rain...
...I have a couple of friends who may stay with me if they can't get home.
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From: Garden Grove Ca
Hundreds of families displaced. Peoples stupidity never ceases to amaze me. I am not directly affected but I am getting the very bad air from the Irvine and Foothill Ranch fires. Very glad the vette gets garaged.
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St. Jude Donor '12
Our prayers, at this house, are going up for all of our Corvette brothers and sisters in the affected areas.
Last edited by Optimus_C5; Oct 23, 2007 at 08:23 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '11
...don't know where you are getting your figures from but its more like a million people so far Heres just a bit of news for you my friend
Prayers sent out for all of the people in California that are being affected... Raging Calif. Wildfires Force 1M to Flee
Published: 10/23/07, 8:25 PM EDT
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters conceded defeat on many fronts Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has chased an estimated 1 million people away.
Unless the shrieking Santa Ana winds subside, and that's not expected for at least another day, fire crews say they can do little more than try to wait it out and react - tamping out spot fires and chasing ribbons of airborne embers to keep new fires from flaring.
"If it's this big and blowing with as much wind as it's got, it'll go all the way to the ocean before it stops," said San Diego Fire Capt. Kirk Humphries. "We can save some stuff but we can't stop it."
Tentacles of unpredictable, shifting flame have burned across nearly 600 square miles, killing one person, destroying more than 1,300 homes and prompting the biggest evacuation in California history, from north of Los Angeles, through San Diego to the Mexican border.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the flames were threatening 60,000 more homes.
"We have had an unfortunate situation that we've had three things come together: very dry areas, very hot weather and then a lot of wind," Schwarzenegger said. "And so this makes the perfect storm for a fire."
In Rancho Santa Fe, a suburb north of San Diego, houses burned just yards from where fire crews fought to contain flames engulfing other properties. In the mountain community of Lake Arrowhead, cabins and vacation homes went up in flames with no fire crews in sight.
"These winds are so strong, we're not trying to fight this fire," said firefighter Jim Gelrud, an engineer from Vista, Calif. "We're just trying to save the buildings."
More than a dozen wildfires blowing across Southern California since Sunday have also injured more than 40 people, including 16 firefighters. The U.S. Forest Service earlier reported a fire death in Los Angeles County's Santa Clarita area, but officials said Tuesday that information was erroneous.
The fires also forced the evacuation of more than 350,000 houses, most of them in San Diego County. With the area's average household size of 2.6 people, that means the evacuation could encompass nearly 910,000 people...............................
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08
You were on my mind today as I was watching the news---hoping you were no where in harms way 
I am soooo glad to hear you are ok and make sure you keep us updated for your situation
And of course prayer to those in need
Lori