In my opinion i think that these fires could have been controlled or at least put out...but i think that the san diego county officials are too cheap to pay for extra helicopters to put out the fires...but thats just my opinion...wat do u guyz think??
2007-10-23 14:43:11 · 17 answers · asked by ashna03 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
okie people...i don't appreciate u calling me stupid...and there no stupid opinions...btw...i'm talkin about when these fires started...they were not that big...they were controllable...think about it...and while watching it on tv i only saw one or two helicopters flyin around...i mean they can at least put a few more out there...
2007-10-23 14:54:32 · update #1
okie miss likeOMGtotally♥....i have lived in so cal for 22 yrs i was born n raised here....yea last yr no fires!! but we still had winds just as bad!! yea and did u read the other opinions?? yea so i suggest u stfu and let everyone voice their opinions because thats what this is for...i'm not here to judge anyones opinion n neither is anyone else...leave it at that...
2007-10-23 15:35:00 · update #2
Well guyz...just wanted to inform u that i found that tomorrow president bush will be sending some planes to San Diego to help fight the fires...soo i think tomorrow will be a day of fighting fires....goodluck to the firemen and firewomen out there puttin their life on the line...u are very much appreciated!!!...i guess u can say this a bit of good news...
2007-10-23 15:48:21 · update #3
okie for those of u people who think i'm stupid well heres an article for u guyz...maybe my opinion that the officials are cheap was wrong but i know for sure that this fire could have been contained when it was small...if u read this article u will know exactly what i am talkin about...stupid rules n regulations prevented copters to come on time to stop the fires soo just cuz there were high winds doesn't mean these copters couldn't put out the fires...there were about 20 copters just sitting there and it took days for it get in the air...so this situation could have been controlled..http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wildfires_grounded_aircraft;_ylt=ArZmqU.bsKSIG9pU1OvCuvKs0NUE
2007-10-25 13:52:18 · update #4
If only "they" had let Reagan clear-cut all the redwoods like he wanted to, this wouldn't have happened.
Right!
Unless you know the area, and you know what a fire will do in sustained 30mph. winds with gusts to hurricane force, you know nothing about what has been happening.
The only answer in the areas hit is "Don't build there fool!".
Even grass on those steep slopes will produce flames over a hundred feet high. Higher with winds behind them. I've seen fire go through an area so fast that the houses didn't have time to ignite but the window glass slumped in place.
What the San Diego County people should be doing now is to prohibit any combustible building materials in the reconstruction. Mandatory clear zones and no more new subdivisions. The area is obviously way overdeveloped as is most of California.
2007-10-23 15:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you don't appreciate us calling you stupid, then don't make such stupid assumptions. First of all, do you even LIVE in SoCal ?! Do you know that every year, around October - January, we experience really high winds coming from the Santa Ana Mountains ? You make it sound so easy, put out a fire and control it the minute it starts. GO TAKE A FIREFIGHTING CLASS, with the 50 ++ mph winds we've been experiencing here, putting out a small fire is harder than it sounds because the winds push it everywhere. Every year it's bad, but this year, it's the worse of the 18 years I've lived here. They're not too cheap to pay for extra helicopters, you're too cheap to get a reality check and be more considerate. With all the issues we're going through right now, nobody has the thought of being "too cheap". They lack resources, because every firefighter out there is busy fighting the 18+ wildfires here, some are even assigned to places far from home. If you're so rich, go donate some of your money to aid the firefighters and the ones who've lost their homes. Learn to respect the fact that they're doing their job.
2007-10-23 15:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by justkeepswimming 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Las Vegas, but I was in San Diego this morning. When the I-15 opened up this morning and no place for my wife and I to stay, We shot the hell out of there. What a sight to see. I have seen some big forest fires in my time, but I have never seen anything like this. There were about 6 or 7 semi's
blown over on their side by the wind. With that kind of wind most of your water just turns into a mist. Try putting out a fire with a spray bottle. Last I heard there were 15 different fires going, with that kind of disaster you can only spread your manpower so far. I wish all of you in San Diego the best of luck over the next few days.
2007-10-23 17:30:06 · answer #3 · answered by westernman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
San Diego learned a lot from the Cedar Fire 4 years ago.
San Diego was amazing to set up evacuee sites even before the Red Cross. There are just as many volunteers as there are victims. The whole county has pulled together on this.
I think you need to research the Santa Ana winds. They have not been this strong since 1939.
Fire control from the air can not be done at night or during winds.
Over 500,000 people were evacuated...........I was one of them.
The fires are not all contained.
I think your question shows a lot of ignorance.
Focus on the firefighters........they are the heroes !
2007-10-27 04:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by cashelmara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope ... I don't think you're stupid, but you did over-simplify the situation a little. It's just not that simple, and the winds did more than just spread the fire -- it kept the planes out. When the fires were small enough to be controlled or contained, the winds were too high to fly anything near them. By the time the winds slowed enough to fly helicopters or other crafts to the site, the fires had spread very far.
2007-10-25 10:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Hillary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm very familiar with Southern California and the reason these fires are such a problem is that people insist on building their homes on steep hillsides that are covered with dried out chapparel. It's like building on a lake of gasoline and when the weather conditions are right, of course fires will break out and their homes will get burned down. It's like people who build their homes right next to beaches. It's only a matter of time before their homes are destroyed by storms or fires.
By the way, controlled burns aren't that effective either. There have been cases of fires jumping the lines and turning into major brush fires. It's a risky move that can easily go wrong. Also, if all the chapparel gets burned off, then there's the risk of mudslides when the rainy season returns.
2007-10-23 15:05:50 · answer #6 · answered by RoVale 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think they are being cheap. I think the fires just came up so fast and they couldn't deal with them fast enough.
This whole situation sucks! What makes me super angry, is the fact that the Santiago fire in Orange County is arson! They just reported that it jumped the canyon and has now burned 10 homes. That person deserves to be locked away for life!
I am glad that Pres. Bush is sending more resources to help. However, he will just be called names and all of us will be called rich primadonnas! It doesn't matter how much money you have when you lose your home to a fire! You are still homeless and have lost your whole life.
God Bless the firefighters!
2007-10-23 16:25:12 · answer #7 · answered by Labradorables Rock! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No comment on stupid questions.
With record winds added to drought, there was nothing to be done. Real life isn't like a TV show.
As for costing as much as the war in Iraq, estimates are property losses are around $500,000,000 and the cost of fighting the fires $3,000,000. I think both estimates are low. The war in Iraq is now up to $500,000,000/day.
The helicopters and other aircraft used to fight fires do not belong to cities. Most of them are either Federal or State owned or belong to government contractors.
You seem to have a very juvenile concept of how things work.
2007-10-24 04:08:49 · answer #8 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
They are using all the resources they have. I think you may not understand the quantity and gratitude of all the fires occuring in that region right now. With hot temperatures and high winds it is nearly impossible to stop these fires but they are doing the best they can. After all some of the officials probably live in some of the ritsy areas that are in danger.
2007-10-23 14:48:07 · answer #9 · answered by WHATS UP! 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Your right in that they could have been put out. In my opinion its more a result of environmentalism gone wrong than anything, groups like the Sierra club have prevented "prescribed burns" and brush clearing that would have removed the fuel before it built up and caught fire at the worst possible time (during a dry spell with the Santana winds blowing)
2007-10-23 15:00:46 · answer #10 · answered by JD 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋