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2009 Fire Season

Once again, California is burning. One fire is just 10 miles from our home on Hwy 74 going up to Idyllwild, and this morning the smoke is very bad -- our whole house reeks of smoke. But that is nothing compared to people who have to evacuate their homes and have to fear whether or not they will lose everything. On top of this, the weather has taken a turn to a major heat wave - records are being broken all across Southern California, and the humidity is down to single digits. It's been well over 100F here all week, and today is due to be as high as 110. TV news says it will last until Sunday. This doesn't help the firefighters in their efforts, and could spark new fires in the next few days.

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Ten miles is not far from you at all. IF your getting smoke that means it is moving your way. I hope they get it under control and that your family and your home stay safe. Want to come visit the wet midwest?

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Firemen die in California inferno

Two firefighters die as blazes spread in the hills above Los Angeles, forcing thousands of people from their homes. Ref. Source 9

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Heat fuelling California wildfire

Firefighters tackling a wildfire north of Los Angeles say they are making slow progress and the blaze remains very dangerous. Ref. Source 4

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FarSeer you in our prayers in that these fires stay away from your home. I hope everything is going well for you there.

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Arson

U.S. Forest Service: Arson Caused 147,000 Acre California Station Wildfire [8:45 PM ET] Ref. ABC News

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Klar, thanks for your well wishes. Our "little" fire here was contained and out within a few days. The fire north of L.A. Is still burning, and my heart goes out to those who have lost everything. I can't even imagine what that's like. We also had another fire north of here in Yucaipa where we have some other family members that were under threat of evacuation for a couple of days, but it ended up being unnecessary. It's interesting to me the differences in disasters that we face in different parts of the country. California has earthquakes and fires, the Gulf Coast has hurricanes, Midwest suffers with tornadoes, flooding and drought are probably the only universal disasters.

Hope that the Ridgecrest fire is under control soon.

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Federal agency launches probe of debris haulers

Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into two companies that charged the city of San Diego $9.4 million to haul away the charred remains of 112 Rancho Bernardo homes after the devastating wildfires two years ago. Ref. Source 2