Steve RUPP!!!! -- Yorba/Brea fires

[6'9"Witha69]

Is the fire anywhere near you? Need a hand at all?

[Steve1968LS2]

Fire is two miles away... We are packing up the non-replaceable stuff and loading it into the truck..

Just in case.

The plan is that Jennifer takes the Sierra with all the stuff in bins in the back and all of the pets. I take Penny.. The camera is filled with pictures of our stuff in the house. Insurance is paid up.. It's funny when you look around and think "what do I take".. Oh, backed all the computers to a spare 1 terrabyte external drive I had on hand.

Although.. it would still have to burn though HUNDREDS of houses to get to ours. I watered the property and cleaned out the gutters and dampened the roof.

John Force's shop is surrounded by fire.. we might of lost our Costco. (damn)..

Close, but not scary close yet... so much for working on my car today..

[Steve1968LS2]

Anyone else in my area doing the same?

[BonzoHansen]

I saw a guy on the news that put his garden sprinklers on the roof so he could keep it wet.

Hang in there.

[6'9"Witha69]

If any of my PT bretheren need help or a a little hospitality let me know.

[WILWAXU]

If any of my PT bretheren need help or a a little hospitality let me know.I'll second that. If anyone needs anything, let me know.

[The WidowMaker]

im actually an orange county fire authority firefighter and im sitting at a station about 10 miles away missing all the action. we're responsible for about 6x's our normal area right now with the huge draw down of resources.

my sources are stating 200 plus structures lost so far with no end in sight. i hope everyone is safe......

tim

[70TWO NOVA]

Steve, my aunt lives near there as well. She called and said they loaded up thier trailer and are on stanby as well. Scary stuff...

[vp23271]

Thanks 6'9" for posting. I have been watching the news off and on and that fire looks terrible. I am in Huntington Beach and the skies from here looked menacing earlier in the day. Let's hope for the best and hopefully Mother Nature gives the fire fighters a break and the winds start to die down and stay down overnight.

Steve, good to here you, the wife, the dogs and Bad Penny are well!

I know living here in SoCal when the Santa Ana winds pick up, a wild fire has a higher chance of breaking out. In prior years, it’s the norm to hear the news reporter broadcasting the number of acres that were burnt and to hear them report the number of HOMES lost is disturbing. That fire is just moving so fast and out of control!

Porter Ranch just happened 2 weeks ago, Montecito, Sylmar and Corona/Anaheim Hill this weekend. Our fire fighters have their hands full!

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

whoa man good luck!!!

ill do a rain dance for ya..

[6'9"Witha69]

Thanks Aamir, every little bit helps.

[rsk68]

im in Canyon country just the other side of Sylamr, my nephew was evacuated in Sylmar, the freeways are closed here and we cant get out south bound, from my back yard i can see the fire coming over the hills towards canyon country.

[brownz]

best of luck to all that are around this. I hope you all get out o.k.

[Steve1968LS2]

Looking ok.. did a recon mission and we are two miles from the command post.. that's a pretty good cushion. As long as the wind is calm we should be fine.

Thanks for thinking of us. Made my wife smile :)

[Steve1968LS2]

im in Canyon country just the other side of Sylamr, my nephew was evacuated in Sylmar, the freeways are closed here and we cant get out south bound, from my back yard i can see the fire coming over the hills towards canyon country.

Good luck.. let us know if you need any help.

[1badchevelle]

I live in pico about 10-15 miles from yorba if any one need a hand count me in.

[DJW32]

I was told to leave! My father was coming down hidden hills and had fire on both sid of the street...I will expand later on...holy sh*t this sucks! I hope everyone made it out alive.

P.S.- I never knew Orange County had some of these big a** trucks for search and rescue...I will opst pics later on.

David.

Steve,
Glad you got out in time.

[monza]

Wow stay safe.

"i come from the land of ice and snow"

[mpozzi]

Steve and Jennifer ... we're hoping all stays good for you guys. And, of course, the same for the rest of our Pro-Touring (and NastyZ) extended families too. Wow!! First Montecito, then Sylmar, and now Orange County.

Dave says to get Penny moved ASAP ...

Can't believe all the fires here in CA. Keep us posted on John Force's shop as I also heard it was right in the path.

Mary and Dave

[406 Q-ship]

If anybody needs help getting stuff out I am willing to help......have pickup willing to drive. I have no room to put people up but I have muscles and truck......Lucky for me I'm in the South Bay area (near the whimpy Palos Verdes fire)

You have and a few of my friends are in my prayers.

[TonyL]

Wow. Good luck Steve. We'll be crossing our fingers for you guys.

[class67]

Be safe everybody.

[Young Gun]

be careful everybody, hope everybody avoids and property damage but more importantly is able to avoid any injuries! God bless!

[BMF Machine]

whoa man good luck!!!

ill do a rain dance for ya..

I'm down with that? I am 1/8 Cherokee. I will go hop around in the shower and smack my mouth, or I may beat on the Bongo and smack my mouth. Either way Steve, Rain is on the way!

[1969CamaroRS]

Good luck everyone that is near these fires. My brother is in Chino Hills with his cars packed and ready to evac, touch and go at the moment.

[JustinB]

Crazy night. Watched the fire come down the 14th fairway towards my buddies house on Black Gold Golf Course. Fire fighters were able to knock it down but it was way to close for comfort. Crazy how fast the fires move. What really got my blood boiling was a call from my wife who works for a PD warning us about looters. I guess people were robbing the houses that were evacuated. Scum.

[triplecap]

This is no fun... my wife's parents, brother & sister (3 sep. houses) all had to evacuate in Yorba Linda. I was in Placentia visiting my parents and had to take the 91 > 5 > 605 > 60 > 71 to get home... took 2 hours instead of 25 min.

Last night we had front row seats to a MMA event that we had to forfeit b/c traffic was so bad (took 1 hour to go about 4 or 5 miles from the house)

Oh well, at least our families are okay so far and no property lost. Hope nobody here has lost their place or any belongings. I'm in Chino Hills if anybody near here needs any help.

Eric
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[James OLC]

Good luck Steve - sounds like you have a plan just in case. Stay out of harms way and watch out.
James

[Steve1968LS2]

We feel pretty safe right now.. although our house/cars/yard/dogs are COVERED in ash.

To the north of us it's total devestation. All we see looking that way is a wall of smoke.

Fire got within a couple of miles. Wierd to see places we normally go (Costco, vet, home depot, etc) on the news and surrounded by fire and evactuated.

But we are fine.. hope all the other board members in the area escaped as well.

[bwhinnen]

That is good to hear Steve, you guys (Ca) have been hit by some pretty bad fires in the last few years!

Perhaps the local FD should instigate a burning off every couple of years to keep most of the flammable rubbish (plant rubbish at that) down. They do that where I grew up in Australia as we get a yearly grass that grows about 8' high and then dries out and is very flammable, leave it go for a few years and you're asking for terrible results.

Wish everyone over there the best and hope you are all OK! I can't offer physical help but my thoughts are with you all. If you want to escape to another part of the world I have a spare guest room you are welcome to borrow.

[6'9"Witha69]

Perhaps the local FD should instigate a burning off every couple of years to keep most of the flammable rubbish (plant rubbish at that) down. They do that where I grew up in Australia as we get a yearly grass that grows about 8' high and then dries out and is very flammable, leave it go for a few years and you're asking for terrible results.THey are allowing it to burn up close to areas (wher eit is easily containable) for that exact reason now.

[LS1Z28]

We got evacuated last night about 10pm. The fire was about 500 feet from are house and burning pretty good when we left. :eek: Fortunatly we didn't lose anything we just have some smoke damage. Now my house smells like a camp fire.:sick:

[BonzoHansen]

Glad to hear that Steve. Hope everyone else is ok too.


Perhaps the local FD should instigate a burning off every couple of years to keep most of the flammable rubbish (plant rubbish at that) down. They do that where I grew up in Australia as we get a yearly grass that grows about 8' high and then dries out and is very flammable, leave it go for a few years and you're asking for terrible results.Yeh, a lot of greenies fight controlled burns. Sorry, off topic.

[Chad-1stGen]

We got evacuated last night about 10pm. The fire was about 500 feet from are house and burning pretty good when we left. :eek: Fortunatly we didn't lose anything we just have some smoke damage. Now my house smells like a camp fire.:sick:

That's a bummer for sure, but not the major bummer your house burining down would be.

Stay safe everyone.

The ash here in Long Beach yesterday was horrible. Today wasn't too bad and I spent the whole day wakeboarding... ya know to stay safe and close to the water.

[The WidowMaker]

Perhaps the local FD should instigate a burning off every couple of years to keep most of the flammable rubbish (plant rubbish at that) down. They do that where I grew up in Australia as we get a yearly grass that grows about 8' high and then dries out and is very flammable, leave it go for a few years and you're asking for terrible results.

although its a good idea, its way too populated and theres just too much for us to burn out.

we fight fires every year here in orange county, sometimes multiples a month (most dont make the news because we hold them to less than a few acres) and we dont lose houses. its very rare for us to have an issue with this, especially in newer developments. stucco siding and comp roofs offer an enormous amount of protection, but if one ember makes it to the attic, youre done. this fire really wasnt responsible for the loss of that many homes. it was the fact that one structure would spit embers and light off 10 more homes.

we are proactive in orange county when it comes to our urban interface though. we have fire prevention education that helps home owners determine what they can do to help us save their home. it all leads back to defensible space though. green belts just down right save homes. unfortunately, if your neighbor wont follow the rules and recommendations, youre going to be at risk as well.

Tim

[Chucks73]

Well I know the feeling. I live right in the middle Chino Hills. We had everthing packed and ready to go. Lucky for us we never had to leave. We had the fire coming down Carbon Canyon to the east and from up the 71 from the south. Glad everything worked out for you too.

[newbaa]

stay safe out there guys. i'll be thinkin of ya.
i was down in northern california (quincy) for 45 days this summer fighting fires. i'd probably be back down there right now but i'm in school.

[KrisHorton]

Well I know the feeling. I live right in the middle Chino Hills. We had everthing packed and ready to go. Lucky for us we never had to leave. We had the fire coming down Carbon Canyon to the east and from up the 71 from the south. Glad everything worked out for you too.

Chuck, glad to hear you guys are fine! We're right at the south end of Chino Hills right before the 91. Both the Yorba Linda and Carbon Canyon fires were creeping up on our neighborhood so my girlfriend and I moved our cars over to a friend's place in Mira Loma for the weekend just so we didn't have to shuffle them if we did get evac'd. Fortunately the fire never got as far as our neighborhood, but came within about 1/4 to 1/2 a mile of us. Houses less than 2 blocks from us were evacuated and the neighborhood was used as a staging area for about a dozen bulldozers and firetrucks. Thankfully by Sunday morning the fire had either been put out or had moved north of us.

Steven, glad everything is okay out by you too! I have a few friends in Yorba Linda/Anaheim hills as well and thankfully they're all okay and didn't have to leave their homes. Must have been pretty scary out there though.

[Fesler built]

I know our cars mean more to us than anything but at times like this you have to worry about your family and stuff you cant replace.

Steve your car is sick but you can always rebuild it better as I know you have things you would love to do different now.

With that said everyone around the fire be safe and worry about each other. You cant replace pictures of loved ones and memories fade over time.

[Chucks73]

With that said everyone around the fire be safe and worry about each other. You cant replace pictures of loved ones and memories fade over time.

Funny at my house the kids both who out of school wanted to pack the High School Year books and all thier pictures. Me I was looking to make sure the Camaro had a garage for the night. LOL

[LS1Z28]

I know our cars mean more to us than anything but at times like this you have to worry about your family and stuff you cant replace.

Steve your car is sick but you can always rebuild it better as I know you have things you would love to do different now.

With that said everyone around the fire be safe and worry about each other. You cant replace pictures of loved ones and memories fade over time.

Both of mine were left behind. Always put Family first possessions last. Cars can always be replaced.

[KrisHorton]

I know our cars mean more to us than anything but at times like this you have to worry about your family and stuff you cant replace.

We're renting the house we're in right now, have a very good renter's insurance policy...so we moved our cars and our dogs. But then again, we had a plan to get our personal things out if it came to evacuating. If the fire was *right* on our doorstep, the cars would have been the last thing on our minds, but we moved them early as a preventative measure. :dunno:

[mdprovee]

Yeah we sent crews down from Solano County last week. I might be going as a relief crew for them next week if needed. Hope everyone stays safe.