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Isn't the Angeles National Forest closed?

From the Pasadena Star News Concerns for cabins at Sturtevant Camp, Big Santa Anita Canyon as fire approaches By Janette Williams, Staff Writer Posted: 09/02/2009 06:47:47 PM PDT ARCADIA - The Station Fire's steady approach toward the 116-year-old Sturtevant Camp, now used as a Christian retreat, a...

From the Los Angeles Times Station fire is approaching Big Santa Anita Canyon September 2, 2009 | 6:07 pm As the Station fire continues to grow within the Angeles National Forest, flames are nearing Big Santa Anita Canyon, threatening the foothill communities of Sierra Madre and Monrovia, as well as...

I assumed that Matt meant all of the ANF except for the rather sizable Santa Clara piece to the north and west of the San Gabriels. I was hoping that Matt was wrong. Alas, he was evidently right. Yes, I kind of had figured out what he had meant by southern. The area in question is indeed both south...

Hikin_Jim wrote:

AlanK wrote:I am glad to hear that Newcomb's Ranch survived. Sorry for posting erroneous information. In this case, I am happy to be wrong!

I bet this is the only thread where people are overjoyed when they're wrong.

I'm waiting to wake up and find out that the whole damned thing was just a nightmare!

This opinion did not come from the iconic New York Times, or the charismatic Washington Post. The Los Angeles Times is drab, unassuming and somewhat taken for granted.

HikeUp wrote:Oh. So by southern, Matt meant eastern. Clear as a bell!

I assumed that Matt meant all of the ANF except for the rather sizable Santa Clara piece to the north and west of the San Gabriels. I was hoping that Matt was wrong. Alas, he was evidently right.

I am glad to hear that Newcomb's Ranch survived. Sorry for posting erroneous information. In this case, I am happy to be wrong!

Kit Fox wrote:Did Newcomb Ranch survive?

Newcomb's Ranch is gone. Very sad.

http://www.sportbikers.net/forums/showt ... hp?t=19165

http://www.1000rr.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66441

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AW wrote:"Angeles National Forest entire eastern main body of the Angeles National Forest will be closed effective 6:00 p.m. tonight until full containment of the Station Fire"
source:http://inciweb.org/incident/1856/

OK, clear enough.

I have seen no mention of a closure of anything east of the Morris Fire area.

Richard N. wrote:No word on Newcombs Ranch but there are reports it burnt as well.

Newcomb's Ranch is gone. Very sad.

http://www.sportbikers.net/forums/showt ... hp?t=19165

http://www.1000rr.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66441

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/ind ... ic=43869.0

I find this to be inspirational. 8)

From the Pasadena Star News. Station Fire biggest in county history since 1897 By Dan Abendschein Posted: 08/31/2009 02:22:18 PM PDT At 105,000 acres, the Station Fire now appears to be the biggest fire in Los Angeles County's history since 1897, according to a county fire department historian. Dave...

I have no opinion on how this was handled by the authorities but you have to admit that having probably half of the Angeles National Forest burn down to nothing is pretty depressing. Imagine driving up Hwy 2...it will look like a wasteland. Strawberry Peak totally burned down, Lawlor, maybe even Ve...

Let's keep politics out of this. I do not blame Kit Fox for his long political post because he die not start it, but DamOTclese has, in effect, offered a truce. Or at least a cease fire.

mattmaxon wrote:I've been there

Matt, you sure get around! And thanks to Kit Fox for bringing up all of those planes.

edenooch wrote:is echo mountain and ins pt still alive?

The perimeter from this morning that Matt provided shows Echo just south of the fire and Inspiration Point inside the perimeter.

Rick Kent wrote:Damn! That's nearly 1/3 of the San Gabriels!

And it's still growing.

The GEOMAC site has fire perimeters viewable in Google Earth (the format could be friendlier). The latest Station Fire one is frm last night. It's huge, as everyone realizes. The Star News said this morning that it is at 86000 acres.

I did Baldy today too -- up Register Ridge and down the Ski Hut Trail. I hit the summit at 1 PM. It was hard to detect any sign of the Morris Fire, which is 85% contained, even though it was only a few miles to the west. However, the Station fire, further west in the La Canada area, was huge. It had...

I was on Baldy today too -- hit the summit at 1 PM. I second Richard's comment about clear air. The Morris fire was hardly noticeable. The Station fire was huge.

I added more local pictures today.

Hikin_Jim wrote:From the Pasadena Star News: Station Fire burns uncontrolled, more residents prepare for evacuation

The map of the burn area on the Star News Web site is greatly exaggerated. I went up Ocean View a ways and the fire is nowhere near that far west on the south slopes. This map is more accurate.

Here are some pictures , mostly from the San Rafael Hills near Flintridge Sacred Heart School around 4 PM. (There are a couple from in front of my house this morning.) In this picture, the 210 Freeway, La Canada HS, and JPL are in the foreground. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/alank.smugmug....

From our street near the Verdugos we can see the flames from the Station fire shooting up over the ridge above La Canada. We just took in some La Canada friends who were asked to voluntarily evacuate from their place off of ACH near the golf course. Rumors of a quiet little fire are over.

:? The Nanny State saving us from ourselves. So, then, isn't trying to put out forest fires a Nanny State activity? Let 'em burn, right? Are you nuts?! I would rather keep my sanity out of this thread. :) I honestly wanted to understand the logic that has rescuing human beings in trouble (even stup...

DamOTclese wrote: The Nanny State saving us from ourselves.

So, then, isn't trying to put out forest fires a Nanny State activity? Let 'em burn, right?

simonov wrote:

I had been planning this trip with my 3 children, niece and nephew, along with a boyfriend, girlfriend, and a husband;

I do like a person with an open mind.

And a full plate.