In Southern California, the Santa Anna winds are fighting fire fighters trying to save “expensive” homes and trees.
(From Yahoo! News) LOS ANGELES - A wind-whipped brush fire quickly tripled in size early Thursday to more than 9,300 acres, destroying at least one home and prompting evacuations as a ridge of flames was visible for miles.
The blaze burned to the edge of a number of multimillion-dollar homes that abut rural, picturesque hillsides in the San Fernando Valley. Homes in several communities in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were evacuated, but officials did not release an exact number.
“Our house is still OK, but oh, God, it’s not a good feeling,” said Phil Goldenberg, 53, who was at an evacuation shelter at Canoga Park High School with his wife and son.
People evacuating –
People NOT evacuating, choosing to stay with their homes –
Mother Nature having a fit, again.
Wonder how much money is going to be thrown at this problem, ala New Orleans???
September 29th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
Yep, natural disasters happen and not learning from them is a tragedy. Buy hey, why take any responsibility when you can just pass the blame onto someone else?