Fire, Smoke and Ash
by Pasadena Adjacent
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below is the best source for information
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Pasadena Adjacent
Life Lived on the Edge of Pasadena
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below is the best source for information
additional fire information in comment thread
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For the first three days of the fire (August 27-29) I did my filming from the Hahamonga watershed area adjacent to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. On August 29th I caught what I think was the last water drop of the day. The bucket is called a “Bambi Bucket” (I love that) The JPL parking lot is now a staging area for the helicopters and crew; an outfit from Apple Valley. A large team from Woodland Hills showed up and headed into the bed of the canyon. The fire hopscotched over the “Cross Town” trail network headed east to Mount Luken’s Rim of the Valley trail in the Sunland/Tujunga area of Haines Canyon. and further to Sunland/ Little Tujunga.
The first day: The fire was on the side of the rangers station off the Angeles Crest Highway. There’s a fire road behind the station that leads up and over connecting up with La Canada’s “Cross Town” trail network.
The second day: The fire jumped the Arroyo. It’s burned the area around the Brown Mountain Junction including the hill where Owen Brown is buried. It’s headed east up into the high country through the ravines of Bear Canyon and Devils canyon where the 2 meets up with the long abandoned Azuza road above Crystal Lake
Also I could be completely wrong on all of this.
Great vantage point and shooting! So sad to watch.
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BREAKING NEWS
The fire is currently
twoone mile from Mount Wilson Observatory. This is a map to the area burns (note that Azuza is experiencing a fire as well)a decent link to helpful information about evacuations
Amazing stuff.
You’re right about Sunland/Tujunga; the suckers heading west. That damn fire has been taking to many ques form Horace Greeley and/or John B. L. Soule.
Besides the Blogs (which have been much more informative than network news) there was a pretty fair piece on NPR this morning.
Maybe when all this has settled down we might discover what happened to Owen Brown’s headstone. I’m guessing it was kicked down a hillside and hidden by brush. Others think differently.
It is going to be an amazing experience when these backroads open up and we can see what has happened to the wilderness.
I have a friend who evac’d her horse to Sunland yesterday. Damn.
(Great vids, PA. I’ve watched them all.)
I really like your site. The pictures and videos are amazing. Keep posting fire pics and updates!
Double Damn. I need to make a call to friends in Sunland. Later.
Hi. To answer your questin re my photo, my vantage point was, surprisingly, the top of the Grove parking structure way down in Hollywood.
Very sad.
Ditto de above positive comments, pA.
Ace reporting PA! Now if they would only pay you for those skills.
Nice to see the video record of all this. Been burning for several days and still at the point where anything can happen. Scary.
Will you be posting your Mt Wilson vid?
Do the authorities ever pinpoint the origins for these conflagrations, accidental, arson, lightning strike? Do they happen with increasing frequency?
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BREAKING NEWS (switch on the HQ)
This panorama is a BEFORE shot near the junction between the road leading down to Millard canyon and the Sunset Ridge fire road leading up to Mt Lowe Taverns (burns Sept 15 1936) and eventually up to the Mount Wilson observatory.
This from Kpcc:
Monday, August 31, 2009
As you may know, 89.3 KPCC’s transmitter on Mount Wilson is under threat by the Station Fire. We have several backup plans in the works, so if the transmitter goes down, we are prepared to be back on the air as quickly as possible. In the meantime, there are plenty of additional ways for you to stay up to date on the fire’s course and impact on our communities:
* Listen to KPCC’s online stream, easily accessible from the home page at kpcc.org.
* Read the latest news updates, field reports and blog posts at kpcc.org.
* Join our Facebook page and follow KPCC on Twitter.
* Our stations in the Inland Empire (89.1 KUOR) and Coachella Valley (90.3 KPCV) will not be affected by an outage at Mount Wilson.
We’ll bring you extended wildfire coverage throughout the day today, including a special extended edition of AirTalk from 9am to noon. KPCC reporters are on the scene in La Crescenta and at the command center near Hansen Dam, as well as at the Oak Glen Fire near Yucaipa. We’ll be hearing from them this morning.
We’ll send another e-news update this afternoon, or as events warrant, so stay tuned. Thanks for listening, and stay safe.
KPCC Streaming Fire News Live:
http://www.scpr.org/listen_live/
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Money doesn’t grow on trees you know!
We’ve got a deadline to consider and those dalmation spots aren’t going to paint themselves.
Say goodbye to your friends and get back to work pleeeease
Uh oh, artistic discord…I have a deal on Dalmations who paint their own spots but have trouble staying inside the lines.
Frightening footage and really well done. Thanks for the up close view.
Thanks for all these videos and photos. It helps us understand. I can’t even imagine what it’s like to live in the middle of all that.
And I have kids in LA.
May you all be safe. Praying for an early end to this fire.
PS. The closest I could find for a link to the ceramics gallery you asked for is this:
http://www.dinablich.co.il/website_en/index.asp?category=3&p_id=53
I couldn’t watch the videos, I have too many memories of what Hurricane Ivan did to us and after a while my brain shuts down when I start seeing massive destruction. The next year was Hurricane Katrina but we had stopped watching TV by then so we were spared that. So sorry you’re going through all of this. I wish you the very best and hope you and yours stay safe.
Looking forward to seeing the dalmatian spots.
they are all working, and that’s a great one from yesterday.
What’s that I hear about Mount Wilson? I know where the topics covered along with other stories of heartbreak related to our local mountain’s history.
http://www.palmaxis.com/
Each story is compromised of seven posts that conclude at the end of the blog page. At the bottom of the page, select older posts to get to the next story (the Brown Brothers). After The Brown Brothers is the story of the extinction of our local California Grizzly bear.
Thank you for the powerful images. So sad, but crazily beautiful at the same time.
I don’t know what exactly is happening in the world. Fire is everywhere Greece, Portugal and now the USA
JT: thanks…you’r blog indicates you had a better vantage point. Do you have friends in high places?
Laurie: I’m amazed at how large the fire appears from a distance. The farther back the larger it appears.
Mid-Town-G: re friends; they’re safe. Verdugo fires are their biggest threat and the summer ain’t over. All the “on break” fire fighters were parked in front of a Taco Bell, El Pollo Loco and Jack n the Box all situated next to one another.
Merv: the Meadows survived but I think you’ve found the silver lining.
AH: Thanks. I do wish that they would inform us of what’s on fire by using the place names of effected trails and camps. It’s how we know what’s under seige.
Natalie: I’m astounded at how dramatic this fire looks from a distance. Maybe I should have gone over to the north rim of Griffith Park for my wee video productions.
K: Wow, wordpress gave you the best looking avitar to date.
Margaret: All my life I’ve never been able to stay away from Los Angeles because of those mountains. I have an intimate relationship with them.
CO: yes, my hired help is very talented
D: They just opened up the mountain behind the ranger station as a crime scene. We’ll find out soon. Had enough of Ramona yet?
Mr V: I’m trying…really
Tash: You’re welcome
Dina: I’ve never been in harms way but I’m nuts for those hills. I go up into them around three times a week. You’ve seen the results posted here…and often. A spiritual center for me.
PJ: I understand and I may wait till it cools down to re-enter. The spots are coming slowly. It’s rather difficult to paint with so much destruction around me not to mention the air quality.
Christina: I remember your blog tour of Mount Wilson. Glad to know that you and yours are safe
Deepak: I saw some of the footage from out of Greece. We all have similar climates and terrain.