Bean.223 365 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Imagine trying to sleep at night knowing this is a few miles behind your house........ 24 hours in about six mins!!!! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ea3_1251917535 I'll admit the scale of the fire kind of surprised me........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longhorn 81 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 No joke! I used to live at the foothills of these mountians when I was a kid (before it was kalif). Fires would come and I swear you would think it was the end of the world. The fire dept. would come around every 1/2hr and tell you you might have to leave and that your house was going to burn down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Death_Delirium 7 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 I dont think I would be doing much sleeping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camon 233 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Meh... Spent my first 18 years in Kommiefornia. If god exists he is trying to destroy that land. Earthquakes one day, fires the next. People who aren't from there always go "OMG SO SCARY!!!" while the people in CA always go "welfare help me rebuild." What I don't understand is people who's house burns to the ground and they lose everything, only to rebuild and lose everything again next year. I grew up in Hemet, CA which is on the other side of the mountain Palm Springs rests on and every summer the Palm Springs side of the mountain would catch fire and Firefighters would just let it burn until it came over to my side of the mountain. Why? Because the Santa Ana winds were so goddamn crazy on the PS side that it was just a waste of time and money to try to stop it. They would do what they could to keep it from burning down into PS and make sure it went upward because as soon as it got into my valley the winds would be blocked for the most part and the fire would be neutralized in a matter of days after that. Now I live in Phoenix where its just hot. TL;DR: FU commiefornia! BURN BURN BURN!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean.223 365 Posted September 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Craziest part of the video is to watch it from sundown till its really dark, the lights on the other side of the valley must be other houses, as the night goes on watch em, they slowly all disappear....I dont know if the power is going out or if it's the houses burning down... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shades_of_grey 1,092 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) The progress of the fire evident from that video is impressive, but honestly, these wildfires are nothing new. I think that if you live in certain areas of So Cal and don't expect your house to possibly burn to the ground in any given year, you're just delusional. I'd rather take my chances with hurricanes; not that I risk either atm, here in CO. Edited September 3, 2009 by post-apocalyptic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camon 233 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 I think this best describes it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shades_of_grey 1,092 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 ^ That shit won't play for me. You don't have to pay "the onion" for the ability to view that video, do you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camon 233 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) Not last I knew. It was giving me some crap earlier too but it is playing fine now. Edited September 3, 2009 by camon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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