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is echo mountain and ins pt still alive? The outlook is very grim for the foreseeable future I've given up trying to predict what this monster is going to do, and have written off most of the western half of the Angeles as this is what the fire "managers" have done. We'll just have to wai...

This is an outline of the fire on Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie ... 88b9f08daa

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. You are the only one who has current maps in a Topo format. If you want there is a topo download for GE http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/kml_overlay download the GPSVisualizer_overlays.kml Select the area you want a map for rtclk on the GPSvisulaizer and REFRESH Select ...

Matt, How do you make the current fire maps? I download the data from http://wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/fireplanning/ Tweak it in Manifold 8 Export it to a KML file The current image was made in Manifold with a Map I exported from TOPO! Xport Pro, but the KML is compatible with Google Earth http://earth....

Overnight the fire made major jumps

I have a Google Earth KML here

The RED areas are the most currently actively burning areas Yeah sure let the whole thing burn... Most of it hasn't burned in a while Just another prime example of Forest Service mismanagement As I've always said, some of the worst things done to the Angeles has been at the hands of the FS Policies ...

After watching this fire for some time now it has become readily apparent the fire fighting strategy is to not fight it They let all of Yerba Buena Ridge burn to Riverwood ranch burn before trying to do anything Haines Cyn and Pipe Cyn are now burning. Zero effort to fight it All they are doing is s...

Hopefully my friends house isn't one of the 3-5 lost in Big Tujunga :( Some good news - Jane has heard her house is still there! The other homes in the canyon...not so much.... Yeah talked with'em Definitely too bad about the others 10 on the south side of the river Some of the other canyon residen...

Yeah, that's "toast" as are my tools on Stone Cyn Trail

Hopefully my friends house isn't one of the 3-5 lost in Big Tujunga

edenooch wrote:But tacodelrio said he would buy a pitcher of 1903 at Newcomb Ranch

Taco!
Now we know

Damm just so you didn't have to pay for the beer!

Nice!

What time where those photos taken?

Matt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Kxun2MvEQ

This was still processing @ 3:02pm

My friends who live at la paloma flat where evacuated with flames within ¼ mile I drove from Big-T Rd to La Cresenta (Ocean View Blvd) Fire down into Hall-Beckley Canyon to at least 2900ft level Probably lower from what I could see, but to there for sure The south Side of Mt Lukens has fire in the H...

I noticed a perimeter map on the Inciweb info page I have it out for carbon dating as they have no date or time on it, but it looks like the fire I saw on Thursday Morning 8/26 I extracted this relevant info and viola! Obviously it has gotten much much bigger with a 5000 acre value http://mattmaxon....

This GE image shows the areas of Active burning detected on the pass overs at 5:50 GMT and 10:14 GMT (10pm 8/28 & 3am 8/29 local) Seems strange the fire has retreated to it's "core" (mostly) with an extension toward Colby Cyn and upper Arroyo Seco toward Red Box I'm not sure where othe...

I checked with friends who have a house in Big Tujunga in La Paloma Flat "The fire hasn't reached the pines in GF yet, but it is also in Silver and S on the Side (maybe down to 2600ft). The sheriff came by to warn about potential evacuations, but believes it won't happen unless we get unforesee...

Nice time lapse sequence!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anosmicovn ... 864982760/

This is some of the latest Modis data.....

Not good, any way you cut it

We'll have to wait for the smoke to clear to count our losses, some gains maybe as PO and pot farms will be trashed for a few years... Little solace

Holy Hell. One news report this morning said there is now a forest-wide closure. Haven't been able to confirm that, though. There is a closure order for San Gabriel Canyon going into effect today http://www.inciweb.org/incident/article/9302/ Like I said the media are morons, shut off the sound, hop...

Holy shit! So those circles are generously sized? Yes I'd be inclined to say from experience watching these things, the fire is down to Arroyo Seco and up to the ridge line on Mt Lukens from Dark Cyn down canyon Given the evacuation order and what I saw this AM it has rounded the South east ridge o...

Video of smoke and fire in LCF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs0jgNsaAzo

I was going to do my Friday morning thing.... Nope the smoke is very thick...around here I thought if I went east of the fire ug worse So I went to Big-T and headed up nope shit loads of smoke up there too. The ER rooms will be PACKED with breathing troubles today, people will die IMO Anybody down b...

Sadly this fire has gone loco :( They have a "mandatory" evacuation order is in effect for 500+ homes North of Vista Del Valle Road, East of La Canada Blvd., extending into La Canada Country Club area. On the bright side these Modis fire detections are not all that accurate, the "foot...

You were flirting with danger.... :!: cbs2 is reporting that the fire has now reached the Mt Lukens ridge. They're trying to stop it there. Danger is my middle name Seems to me that it was intentional (the fire has now reached the Mt Lukens ridge) There was no serious effort to put this out when I ...

This saves lots of weight 8)

cougarmagic wrote:Thanks Matt. How 'bout a map showing where you were standing - I'm having trouble picturing what direction you're looking, and what ridge exactly.

cougarmagic wrote:Are you sure it was burning below ACH?? Oh man that is bad news...

Positive

I hiked up to Mt Lukens road and had a peek It appeared to me the majority of the fire was below ACH in Dark Cyn, I couldn't see down the highway so I don't know what the heck was going on down there. There wasn't much activity except for a CalFire plane orbiting, though as I was leaving some hand c...

I was a busy bee I downloaded and georegistered the perimeter map on the inciweb page, traced the perimeter and uploaded it here, you can download and play to your hearts content http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=332165 Alternately this image shows it quite well http://mattmaxon.homeip...

DamOTclese wrote: So now resources have to be diverted to go hoof it in and collect them.

Why?

I would think they can easily contain this between ACH and the Mt Lukens Rd, right? Well you'd think so.... LA County is probably all over this one, lots of houses on the other side of the ridge While the weather is hot the, wind is not bad, humidity is very low as measured at clear creek teens and...