Listening to the live scanner online
October, 22, 2007, 10:48 Filed in: Community
As I update all of the website stuff here at home, the Mrs. is keeping an ear on the scanner. It does not sound good. Structures are burning and the golf course alarms are going off. The winds are shifting over and over. Looking outside one minute it is dark, and the it gets glowing bright again. Nonetheless, it is very hard to breathe. I do have the air conditioning going every now and then.
Due to the Old Fire experience, let me tell you this time around has brought WAY more anxiety, even though we are better prepared. Also, insurance companies, such as State Farm are no longer covering most issues surrounding Fire issues.
Still not much news on TV about our fires, and more are cropping up. ABC7 is finally giving some air time to our situation. CBS has been minimal. We do not even watch NBC4 anymore. Many houses are burning in Lake Arrowhead live on TV watching ABC7. This fire may be worse, or already is, than the Old Fire, since it is burning from inside the mountain.
Here is the Big Bear Live Scanner: http://www.bigbearscanner.com/
Running Springs and Arrowbear communities have mandatory evacuations now, but many residents refuse to leave. From the scanner: "There's a lot of houses and very little equipment. They need to evacuate right now. "
Scanner Update: Ok, the fires are growing at an alarming rate. According to ABC7 news (10:38am), 20 structures have been lost so far. Structure assessment so far: 1500 in Lake Arrowhead and 400 in Green Valley affected. There are confirmed structures burning in Green Valley, with strike teams on there way. The management team for both fires is now combined into one team. Eight bulldozers have been requested for the Green Valley Lake area.
I think we will be leaving this mountain soon. It is very difficult to keep listening to the scanners and watching TV with more homes going up in flames. The winds are incredibly bad.
In Twin Peaks, we just got personal word that the fire broke the fire lines and are under mandatory evacuation. I will try to be online sometime later wherever we find a place to stay.
Prayers to everyone that this situation can be managed to all you.
Due to the Old Fire experience, let me tell you this time around has brought WAY more anxiety, even though we are better prepared. Also, insurance companies, such as State Farm are no longer covering most issues surrounding Fire issues.
Still not much news on TV about our fires, and more are cropping up. ABC7 is finally giving some air time to our situation. CBS has been minimal. We do not even watch NBC4 anymore. Many houses are burning in Lake Arrowhead live on TV watching ABC7. This fire may be worse, or already is, than the Old Fire, since it is burning from inside the mountain.
Here is the Big Bear Live Scanner: http://www.bigbearscanner.com/
Running Springs and Arrowbear communities have mandatory evacuations now, but many residents refuse to leave. From the scanner: "There's a lot of houses and very little equipment. They need to evacuate right now. "
Scanner Update: Ok, the fires are growing at an alarming rate. According to ABC7 news (10:38am), 20 structures have been lost so far. Structure assessment so far: 1500 in Lake Arrowhead and 400 in Green Valley affected. There are confirmed structures burning in Green Valley, with strike teams on there way. The management team for both fires is now combined into one team. Eight bulldozers have been requested for the Green Valley Lake area.
I think we will be leaving this mountain soon. It is very difficult to keep listening to the scanners and watching TV with more homes going up in flames. The winds are incredibly bad.
In Twin Peaks, we just got personal word that the fire broke the fire lines and are under mandatory evacuation. I will try to be online sometime later wherever we find a place to stay.
Prayers to everyone that this situation can be managed to all you.
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