Entries from LAist tagged with 'witchfire'
October 24, 2007
That's what Orange County Fire Authority Chief Chip Prather said this morning:If we had more air resources, we would have been able to control this fire. Instead we've been stuck in this initial attack mode on the ground where we hopscotch through neighborhoods as best we can trying to control things. But OCFA is not the only frustrated agency in Southern California, as losses grow to an estimated $1 billion in San Diego County......
Continue Reading "Are We Getting Short Shrift on Fire Resources?"October 22, 2007
A quarter million people are evacuating areas of San Diego County. We knew it was coming and now, one of the worst-case wildfire scenarios imaginable is spreading through parts of Southern California. While the rest of us stare at blue skies from cubicles at air-conditioned workspaces, here's a shortlist of media, official, and citizen coverage to keep us posted: CBS2/KCAL9 has multiple live video feeds available here, ABC7 is live here. KNX 1070 is......
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