[FedCom] Fire Freqs San Diego
T.K. Ruffzarf
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:15:20 +0000
>From: "C R" <[email protected]>
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>Subject: Re: [FedCom] Fire Freqs San Diego
>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:45:33 +0000
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>Do you find it odd that all of these fires started at relatively the same
>time but are separated by many miles? I'm many states East of you
>but that's what it seems like from watching the news and reading stuff on
>the web.
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>The whole thing seems really suspicious to me. Nobody seems to want to
>mention the T word.
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I highly doubt this was a terrorist plot. The huge, main fire,
the CEDAR fire, was started when a stupid hunter got lost and shot off a
flare so his buddies could find him (during a Santa Ana). I don't know the
causes of the PARADISE and OTAY fires, but if they weren't accidental, they
were probably the work of one of our many seriously disturbed arsonists. And
yes Paul, I'm sure many people lost their homes due to not having enough
clearance around their homes and/or shake-shingle roofs. But with 40 mile an
hour winds, 5% humidity, and 90-100 degree temperatures, believe me, if
you're in a rural area, you're screwed. I've been in the fire service for 25
years and I've never seen anything like this. To give you an idea of how
fast this fire moves, 4 guys from a crew up north saw they were about to be
overrun and tried to get into a house. 1 guy tripped, burning to death, the
Captain ran back to try to save him and was severely, maybe fatally burned,
and the guy who opened the door when the Captain ran back got second and
third degree burns on his arm & shoulder. The point is, the fire was blowing
so fast it burned right over the house, leaving it basically intact. Unless
you've seen one of these type fires, you have no idea. The book "Fire On The
Mountain" about the Prineville Hot Shot tragedy in Colorado is fascinating
reading. Ruff
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