Thanks Paul,
Here's a neat tool managed by the forest service here to monitor fires in
the US...
As you may already know, Google Earth has a feature that can let you add
overlays or KMZ files... there is a link to an overlay that monitors the
fires around the world... updated every 12 hours by satellite.
http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/kml/conus.kmz
You have to have Google Earth installed first in order to use this
feature... It's very cool. Red dots are positioned on the globe and they
change color with time... the lighter colored dots are older than the newest
red dots, etc... so you can figure out which way the fires are traveling by
the most recent red dots on the map... If you look at Vista, CA where I am,
we are pretty much surrounded by fires and backed up to the coast... This
island in the middle of the fires has turned out to be a safe haven so
far...
Also, NASA has put some pictures from space online...
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.html
Best regards,
Bill Brooks
PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+
DATRON World Communications, Inc.
"Performance you require - Value you expect"
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-----Original Message-----
From: Di Marcello Paul [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:14 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] "Firestorm" wild fires in Southern California
Hoping all our friends in the US, and their families, stay safe from harm.
Praying for you all.
Paul Di Marcello (Italy)
-----Original Message-----
From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill
Brooks
Sent: mercoledì 24 ottobre 2007 20.00
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] "Firestorm" wild fires in Southern California
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-fire24oct24,1,2868978.s
tory?page=2&cset=true&ctrack=1&coll=la-headlines-frontpage
another one... very descriptive of the extent of the fires even outside the
San Diego area. Note the map...
Bill Brooks
-----Original Message-----
From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack
Olson
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:51 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [DC] "Firestorm" wild fires in Southern California
Glad you are okay, Bill
(We spent 20 yrs in Orange County, so I know where you are)
Does this mean we've lost Mt. Palomar?
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/
a prayer for you and your neighbors,
Jack
On 10/24/07, Bill Brooks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Many of you are wondering if your friends are okay in Southern
> California...
>
> Some are and some are not... this is an unbelievably large disaster.
>
> So far my family and relatives here in Vista, CA (North San Diego
> County) are fine, we have been monitoring the television, radio and
> Amateur Radio, California Dept. of Forestry and local Fire department
> and police bands to keep informed of the situation in San Diego...
> Local San Diego Chapter members should let us know of their status and
> check in so we can help each other. Please contact your local chapter
> representatives so we know you are okay or we can help if possible. We
> have packed some things just incase, important papers, photos, etc...
> We think our family may be out of immediate danger but the fires can
> change direction with the wind... so we are just taking precautions.
>
> So far more than 500,000 San Diego residences have been evacuated from
> the neighborhoods that have been affected. High winds whipped the
> fires into fast moving infernos that destroyed many homes. Last count
> estimated it at 2,500 homes. Emergency personnel from other areas are
> arriving to help with battling the fires. CNN and FOX news are now
> covering what was only locally covered for two days...
>
> What have a lot of smoke and ash all around, all of the local
> communities are surrounded by wild fires... the closest ones to us are
> in Camp Pendleton, the Marine Base north of us and East to Fallbrook
> and Palomar Mountain, South of us in San Marcos and the south western
> parts of Escondido, and Encinitas... there are multiple fires going in
> the San Diego County and Los Angles, and Riverside Counties and north
> to Malibu on the coast...
>
> For current road closures, emergency aid and fire news there is a good
> map of the area with info attached to it on Google...
>
>
>
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?uid=112316118535771711889&hl=en&gl=us&ptab=2&
> ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114250687465160386813.00043d08ac31fe3357571
>
>
> The company where I work has been shut down for the last 3 days due to
> the wildfires... This is true of many of the companies around us.
>
> I have heard some stories from friends that live in the county here
> that have lost everything... Obviously, we need to do what we can to
> help our friends.
>
> The San Diego Chapter of the IPC designers Council is more than just a
> professional organization... we are friends and a community.
>
> All our thoughts and prayers...
>
> Bill Brooks, CID+
> San Diego Chapter
>
>
>
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