Tag: wildfires
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October 25, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
There's a thick yellow haze in the sky. I step outside and my eyes sting, then tears roll down my cheeks, and my lungs feel irritated, a tickling that turns into a cough. I should stay . . . more
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October 25, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Well.. we're back and safe and in our home. After being evacuated on Monday morning we spent a nervous and tense day at relatives waiting, hoping and praying. The fire was so fast and so brutal. . . . more
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October 30, 2007 12:42 AM EDT --
It's been exactly one week since the fires began.
I woke up Sunday morning to 50-80 mph winds and knew there would be trouble.
I called a friend who lives further out in East County and we . . . more
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June 21, 2006 08:05 PM EDT --
Many of you in my network know that I live in the tourist trap of Sedona Arizona. If you' have had access to CNN, MSNBC, the Weather Channel, or any other major national news outlet in the past . . . more
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October 21, 2007 10:41 PM EDT --
The Highway 78 fire burned more than 4,000 acres between Ramona and Santa Ysabel and is currently burning out of control, state fire officials said at 7:00 pm
today. Santa Ana winds are . . . more
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October 23, 2007 12:29 AM EDT --
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in El Cajon earlier today. He promised to give San Diego County whatever help it needs to fight the fires. With all . . . more
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October 25, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
Perhaps it's because I also participate in parenting bulletin boards, but I've been hearing some strange comments about the California wildfires. Comments like maybe God is punishing . . . more
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October 24, 2007 12:12 AM EDT --
for friends in California who were evacuated
for all in California who had to leave their homes
for horses without barns
for rabbits without homes
for pets in shelters with their owners
for pets . . . more
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October 29, 2007 08:26 AM EDT --
I don't know about you, but when I was growing up we were inundated with propaganda about the threat of thermonuclear war and bombarded with the notion that the world would not likely survive for . . . more
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June 23, 2008 12:07 AM EDT --
I was on the phone this evening with a friend from Lockhart, Texas. She talked about the drought they're having right now, and I told her about last summer's rain-calling experiments on Gather, . . . more
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July 02, 2008 11:08 AM EDT --
1000 wildfires
Salmonella outbreak in over 30 states
Oil prices out of control
Wars
Speculation of impending wars
Economy in crisis
Presidential Election
Sounds like . . . more
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November 02, 2007 12:19 AM EDT --
... the story about one of the wildfires being started by a pre-teen boy playing with matches? I was wondering how long it would take before we saw a story like this one.
Personally, I think . . . more
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April 27, 2008 11:06 PM EDT --
There have been only a few days of hot spring weather so far this spring in San Diego County, yet there have already been several terrifying events, all of them in the more populated coastal areas. The . . . more
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July 04, 2008 04:11 PM EDT --
I am fighting very hard to hold back tears as I constantly follow the news, pray for the miracle of heavy rains in July, and a cessation of wind and, well, here is the story from the last 2.5 . . . more
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October 23, 2007 05:40 PM EDT --
OHHH, so bushie boy responds real quick to the California Wildfires huh.. yea, of course, bunch of rich white people Bushie boy and his tards are right there in a heartbeat aint they. They learned their . . . more
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October 24, 2007 11:02 PM EDT --
There is a great deal to discuss about the California fire season. Here on Gather the obvious comparison with Katrina's devastation has been explored. It will take time for an obvious commonality . . . more
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October 23, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
Early Tuesday morning, President Bush declared an emergency as wildfires continue to burn and destroy at least 245,957 acres, the equivalent of 384 square miles. At least 14 fires are burning . . . more
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November 24, 2007 11:33 AM EST --
More bad news in California. The Santa Anna winds started back up, some of them reaching 60 mph. As soon as that happened, fires started to crop up. This morning there were reports of a small 250 acre . . . more
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October 26, 2007 05:33 PM EDT --
Very difficult time for us this last week. My prayers go out to all those who lost their homes from the fires. I've given lots of donations (money, clothes and food) to those who . . . more
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May 14, 2007 08:19 AM EDT --
Like a dutiful daughter I called my mom this weekend. Her birthday is May 12th, she was 83 and this year it fell the day before Mother's Day so I killed two birds with one stone. She was happy to hear . . . more
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