[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by iltos

pretty amazing, chris .....glad your homes were saved....

it didn't look horribly windy there.....has it been?

It was very windy--and extremely dry. The dryness was the problem--it was something like 10% relative humidity, which the weatherman (Fritz Coleman) said was unheard of--temperatures were very high too--in the 90s.

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by Wiskycoo

Oh thank goodness you and your family are alright Chris..... The news up here has been saying they haven't seen fires like that, ever.

They are calling it the "pefect storm" in terms of the conditions that came together to cause these fires. First, we have had some severe drought conditions--even for here, very little rain. Second, the winds were extremely high. 3rd, the temperatures were extremely hot. Fourth, the relative humidity was extremely low. The coming together of all of those conditions at this time of year probably doesn't happen but once every hundred years. You have to remember that SC does not get rain from about April or May through about October or November. So the driest time of course is until the first rain falls in the fall. Normally, we don't see temperatures in the 90s in later October--add to that the winds and the low humidity and the fact the rain we did get last year was a fraction of normal, its like a dynamite keg and it finally blew up. Subtract any of those conditions and you don't have the conditions for such wide spread damage. This is worse than Katrina in terms of the No. of people evacuated.

[moonmist]

Originally Posted by Mulderator

It was very windy--and extremely dry. The dryness was the problem--it was something like 10% relative humidity, which the weatherman (Fritz Coleman) said was unheard of--temperatures were very high too--in the 90s.

Nothing new ........ something about Hot Air and Mulder that go hand in hand

[Jonesiegirl]

I see moonie.

Chris, I know that you know this already, but the board doesn't, so I'm gonna toot Cloe's horn a bit here. When I heard about Foothill Ranch, I was talking to Candy on MSN. Noone had heard from you, Chris. So, I grabbed my cell phone and called Cloe. If anyone could get your attention, we all know that she can.
She got you here, so we could all breathe a huge sigh of relief!

Thanks, Cloe.

Oh, and Chris? Nice dimples there, darlin'.

[~Candy~]

And Mrs. Mulder even got to speak

[Mulderator]

Here is a before pic of the back yard. Its different because it was taken before we re-did the back yard landscaping so you won't see the grey stone pattern that is there in the video and the planters near the fence. I watched that fire come over the top of those mountains you see in the distance and throughout the day move closer and closer. I'll post the video I took from earlier in the day--its pretty amazing too--but I need some hard drive space. Anyone got a link to an online server I can post too? Probably need about 50megs or so for the high quality and probably about 5 or so for those who don't have high speed download.

[Jonesiegirl]

Originally Posted by AcaCandy

And Mrs. Mulder even got to speak

Imagine that!

[Mulderator]

And here is the famous Mulder bedroom shot that was posted in the Home Improvement thread. I'll say this--as hot as that fire was yesterday, its wasn't nearly as hot as it gets in Mulder's bedroom when there's a woman in there!

[valley]

Originally Posted by AcaCandy

And Mrs. Mulder even got to speak

Yah...tell "Donna" we're all glad she is ok too.

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by moonmist

Nothing new ........ something about Hot Air and Mulder that go hand in hand

If anyone can tell us all about "Mulder" and "hot"--its moonie!

[Mulderator]

I was filming from that bedroom during the fire (typically I've got the camera rolling in the other direction towards the bed! ). Anyway, in that video I linked to there is one part where the guy asks what the family is doing and they pan up to the bedroom from down below and you can see me filming.

[Memnoch322]

Man,
A few of my co-workers have lost there places.... and some more are still waiting to see. I am twords the bay in chula vista so I think I am fine now. But it is pretty crazy here. Ash falling from the sky scary.

[moonmist]

Originally Posted by Jonesiegirl

I see moonie.

Chris, I know that you know this already, but the board doesn't, so I'm gonna toot Cloe's horn a bit here. When I heard about Foothill Ranch, I was talking to Candy on MSN. Noone had heard from you, Chris. So, I grabbed my cell phone and called Cloe. If anyone could get your attention, we all know that she can.
She got you here, so we could all breathe a huge sigh of relief!

Thanks, Cloe.

Oh, and Chris? Nice dimples there, darlin'.

Ya had to say something about the dimples didnt ya.......... LOL.........

oh and your welcome.

[Mulderator]

Originally Posted by Memnoch322

Man,
A few of my co-workers have lost there places.... and some more are still waiting to see. I am twords the bay in chula vista so I think I am fine now. But it is pretty crazy here. Ash falling from the sky scary.

About a million people have been evacuated from there homes in Southern California. Think about that--one million people.

[moonmist]

Originally Posted by Mulderator

I was filming from that bedroom during the fire (typically I've got the camera rolling in the other direction towards the bed! ). Anyway, in that video I linked to there is one part where the guy asks what the family is doing and they pan up to the bedroom from down below and you can see me filming.

Had to blow the cobwebs off of it did ya??