Los Angeles DUers- fire in the Sepulveda Pass

[Beaverhausen]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/09/14/brush-fire-burns-close-to-homes-in-sepulveda-pass/

ugh! Not good at all in this heat.

[kestrel91316]

1. Yep, I can see the smoke out the front window of my clinic. Not good that it's 107F.

THANK GOD it's not windy!!!!!!!

[Beaverhausen]

2. I can see it from my office window

They evacuated the Getty.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I'm New To L A In Van Nuys

How far am I from the fire?

[ellisonz]

5. A good distance

Sounds like it's more toward the Santa Monica side - this is where the 405 goes through the Santa Monica Mountains/Hollywood Hills

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Yeah

I just asked a neighbor. He said exactly what you said.

TY

[kestrel91316]

10. It's south of you in the Sepulveda Pass. Van Nuys is safe. Well, safe from fires, lol.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. welcome to Valley life

[Live and Learn]

6. No kidding. It is hotter here than in Phoenix today. nt

[Le Taz Hot]

35. Wait. It's a 107 in L.A.?

Wow! You guys beat the San Joaquin Valley.

[ellisonz]

4. Not too much fuel there...

...I wouldn't expect it to last the night.

Rush hour traffic is fucked though

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. How Far South Of Sepulveda And Ventura Is The Fire?

.

[kestrel91316]

11. It's just north of the Getty on the west side of the 405

[ellisonz]

12. It's about 6 miles from there to the Getty Center.

Like I said below, traffic is fucked (don't even try the 405,101, 5 or 10) but this isn't going to burn long (much better terrain than the San Gabriels)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I Think I Saw It When I Took The 761 From Sherman Oaks To Westwood

.

[kestrel91316]

18. The 761??? Lol, I've been here 30 years and that one doesn't ring a bell.

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. The long red bus (bend in the middle) that comes up Van Nuys Boulevard, turns on Ventura, onto Sepul

Sepulveda, over the hill to UCLA

[kestrel91316]

26. Oh, my bad, lol. I wasn't thinking bus #. I was stuck on highway #.

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. I'm hearing that Coldwater Canyon is closed for some reason. that will really mess up

traffic

[ellisonz]

13. Did it look like an omen of the apocalypse? n/t

[Lebam in LA]

15. I caught the smoke plume as I was leaving work

It is in the area of "carmageddon", thru the Sepulveda pass. No winds which is great. They will probably be able to put it down pretty fast. 10% humidity though and pretty darn hot. Fire season is here.

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. live video feed

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video-2/

[pinboy3niner]

19. Breaking: Getty Center voluntarily evacuating

--CBS 2 News at 5pm.

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. Mt. St. Mary closed and evacuated.

[pinboy3niner]

25. Leo Baeck Temple evacuated eight Torahs

Leo Baeck Temple, which is at the base of the ridge that is burning, evacuated eight Torahs but the staff was standing by to see if the fire would be contained in time to hold Friday Shabbat services, said Abigail Spiegel, executive director.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/sepulveda-brush-fire.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Good, you really do not want to know my story involving those

They actually made an exception to a woman handling them.

[flamingdem]

20. Checking in from the Westside

We should all meet for a drink someday

but not today probably!!


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Drinking Liberally is separate from our group, Los Angeles Progressive Friends, but still a fantastic opportunity to meet more great progressives. DL Westside meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

27. I am so glad this is so way out of my coverage area

107, nomex UGH.

Regardless watch for the winds and where they go... and keep your eyes peeled to local news.

Oh and due to temps. yes mom, go ahead... keep yourself hydrated even if not close to that mess.

[GObamaGO]

29. Stay safe up there

Man, I loathe fire season.

[flamingdem]

30. Here's a photo

[flamingdem]

31. No I didn't instagram it!

It's from kcrw

[goclark]

32. We were in Culver City

We could see smoke in the sky but could not tell where it was coming from-----

[flamingdem]

33. A graphic photo, fire is close to homes here

too close!

[goclark]

34. Horrible!

We had no idea ~

[kestrel91316]

36. It wound up not being all that big, and between the helicopters and

Super Scoopers dropping water, and the lack of wind, they got it taken care of pretty quickly.

But it sure made an unholy mess out of traffic this evening. A friend was going to come up from Santa Monica after work but he cancelled. I couldn't see any way he could get up here in under 2 hours, if at all, lol.

[flamingdem]

38. Yes, a total mess

and in this heat, yuk!

[Initech]

37. How is LAX looking?

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Don't think it's even close

but not even close to beat.

Just asked hubby, and it's closer to the 405 than the five on the Hollywood side.

He is a tad more familiar.

[kestrel91316]

40. It was immediately to the east of the 405 in the Sepulveda Pass.

Literally within feet of the freeway.

[pinboy3niner]

41. And LAX is about 17 miles south of the Getty

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. That is a lot of urban and brush.

[pinboy3niner]

43. No kidding

The only conceivable effect on LAX would be from traffic slowdowns, but the 5pm news live shots showed all lanes of the 405 open, even while the fire was still going.

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. Or a very string Santa Ana lasting for days

And poor fire resources...wait...this is LA not SD...

Don't ask. But damn they get touchy when you bring this up. Again, don't ask. Propper conditions we may see it go through downtown San Diego.

Hey, at least that could be a good series of photos...

[kestrel91316]

45. There's not a speck of brush within 10 miles of LAX. Just

miles and miles and miles of city.

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. Our lovely firestorms in San Diego did put

Urban areas at risk.but hey, you got a county FD.

Again, don't ask.

[pinboy3niner]

47. CBS News at 11 reports the 70-acre fire is now 40% contained. nt