posted on May 3, 2004 11:09:34 PM new
Here we go again..... We have nothing to fear from earthquakes when we have low rain fall, extreme heat (90's & 100's today) and still more budget cuts dictating that despite an earlier beginning to fire season and the undeniable damage done last year there will do no new hires for the fire department this year.
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Southern California wildfires cover 5,500 acres, prompt evacuations
TEMECULA – Southern California's 2004 fire season opened Monday with firefighters battling blazes that covered more than 5,500 acres and forced hundreds of people to evacuate.
The largest was a 2,500-acre fire in Riverside County. But six more blazes were scattered across Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties, as temperatures climbed to 101 degrees in some places.
Several firefighters among the thousands on the job were treated for injuries, including heat stroke and dehydration. At least two people fleeing a fire in the Los Padres National Forest were treated for injuries including smoke inhalation and cuts and bruises.
Authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation of several homes in the path of the biggest Riverside County fire in the hills south of Temecula. They previously advised residents of about 100 homes to evacuate.
The fire destroyed two buildings used by University of California, Riverside researchers: a home and a facility for tagging birds and other research. They were located in a particularly vulnerable, heavily forested area of a nature preserve.
"They are just totally burned to the ground. All that's left is a couple of pieces of steel," said Rick Cook, emergency services coordinator for Riverside County. Witnesses said homes
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on May 4, 2004 04:58:44 AM new
Wow, maybe a long another long hot summer...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
It's too bad that their blindness can't see they are killing more soldiers than President Bush ever has... Protest Loud and Proud! Your fellow taliban and insurgents are rejoicing at the support...
