 | |
California Speedway inspires name for brushfire
Nascar NASCAR and other professional stock car racing (rec.autos.sport.nascar)
 |
| | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#41
 
| |||
| |||
|
Re: California Speedway inspires name for brushfire -
10-26-2003
, 10:04 AM
|
I hate to say it, but things are looking bad for race weekend. |
coming directly from Oz on charters, which I suspect have been paid
for, I doubt that CART has much flexibilty in their plans. Especially
since the sanctioning body has essentially run out of money.
Have there been any restrictions at ONT?
I am to arrive at noon on Thursday.
Thanks for the updates and links. Very useful.
#42
| |||
| |||
|
|
"Bud Hufstetler" <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote in message news:r0impv82bg2gvl08bbrlqsfogac325359t (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... I hate to say it, but things are looking bad for race weekend. The crews and cars are all on a tight schedule. With the crews coming directly from Oz on charters, which I suspect have been paid for, I doubt that CART has much flexibilty in their plans. Especially since the sanctioning body has essentially run out of money. Have there been any restrictions at ONT? I am to arrive at noon on Thursday. Thanks for the updates and links. Very useful. No restrictions yet, that I know of. I'm flying out to Salt Lake |
the situation. Keep in touch with your airline. Here's a link to the
best local newspaper as far as local updates are concerned.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/
The two fires merged about two hours ago anbd the ash and smoke have
become *very* bad, the worst I've ever seen. The combined fire has
been estimated at over 50,000 acres and growing. Bring goggles and a
mask. A drug store or med supply should be able to set youup with
wht's called a TB mask. That's what the public health officials arte
recommending for everyone who is outdoors. I was just outside for
about 10 minutes without a mask or goggles and regret it now.
Enjoy your stay, it will definitely be unique.
Bud
#43
| |||
| |||
|
|
"Bud Hufstetler" <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote in message news:r0impv82bg2gvl08bbrlqsfogac325359t (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... I hate to say it, but things are looking bad for race weekend. The crews and cars are all on a tight schedule. With the crews coming directly from Oz on charters, which I suspect have been paid for, I doubt that CART has much flexibilty in their plans. Especially since the sanctioning body has essentially run out of money. Have there been any restrictions at ONT? I am to arrive at noon on Thursday. Thanks for the updates and links. Very useful. My wife just brought up a possible major kink that hadn;t occurred to |
local police, Sheriff's deputies and and California Highway Patrolmen
are required for everything from traffic control to security and crowd
control at the track. As this fire has put a major strain on law
enforcement, there may not be any available for the race itself.
There's a major shortage of cops around here right now and they may
not be able to spare the cops for the race. I would think that may be
a factor in deciding whether to hold the race as scheduled.
To get an idea as to the shortage of cops and confusion going on here,
go to this link that Lorenzini provided:
http://www.incidentcontrol.com/
Click on Old Fire (that's actually the NEW fire in SB) and click on
CHP history for a log of their dispatch conversations. If you click on
Grand Prix fire, check out the map. If you look very closely, you'll
be able to make out the speedway at the bottom of the map and the
relation to the fire area. As it now ,the two fires have established
one continuous burn line along the mountains from east SB to La Verne
in LA county. That's gotta be close to 50 miles long.
Bud
#44
| |||
| |||
|
|
dawg929 (AT) webtv (DOT) net (Sycamore DAWG) wrote: It's Nice that the fire was named after the track, but in my recollection all the "fire fighters" do is stand around and watch the burn. The only time that anything is done is when a house is threationed. Good Lord I am a Movie Star, so there are 15 Units sitting around that building. Instead of trying to put out the fire !!! Very atute post there, dawg. It's short, concise, and powerfully delivers 3 important points: a) You're an idiot b) you have no idea of what a wildfire is like. There's not much a group of firemaen and trucks ca n do in the face of an 2 mile wide 80 fot high wall of flame being pushed along at 60-70 miles an hour (yes, they do move that fast or fater). c) you're an even bigger idiot than I originally thought when I started this reply. If not for the fire crews, half the southern part of this state would be in a constant statee of reconstruction due to fire losses. Even the convict firefighters do yeomans' duty and deserve the respect and gratitude of all of us in the fire area for their efforts, risks they take, and occasional losses they suffer. make that four important points d) you're an asshole Bud -- |
vote to cut taxes because firefighters never do anything.
#45
| |||
| |||
|
|
"Ms.Goodwrench" wrote: buggzzee23 (AT) aol (DOT) comspamsux (bud hufstetler) wrote in news:20031024112805.28231.00000059 (AT) mb-m10 (DOT) aol.com: Barry Posner bup100 (AT) psu (DOT) edu wrote: CathlynWilson wrote: From: "Ms.Goodwrench" Being a winter person, I think I'd be happy in Canada. Oh sure, I like summer, but by August I'm usually tired of it and ready for cool weather. I don't like rain, but it can snow till the cows come home as far as I'm concerned :-) You just described me to a T. I love Illinois! Mosquitos suck, however! One of the (few) upsides of living in deepest, darkest central Pennsyltucky is the absence of skeeters. That's one thing aboot the Canadjan prairies I don't miss. We don't have many skeeters here, but we do haver lots of rattlesnakes, black widows and a few scorpions. The bats keep the skeeter population down around here, thankfully. Lotsa caves and woods, bat heaven. On the other hand, we've got wild black bear now! They're getting to be pretty common, too. We're starting to get reports of them north of here (SW Mich.) Spreading down from the northern L.P. My parents live near Traverse City, and mountain lions have been sighted in the area. They found a footprint in their driveway. Not to mention the flocks of at least 100 wild turkey (I kid you not, I've seen the pictures) that roam through their yard on a daily basis. Foxes that play in the snow during the winter. Coyote that come and feast on whatever they can find. And the kicker, my dad ran into a momma bear and two cubs a couple of years ago while walking in their woods. Luckily, she didn't see him as a threat. Add the 300 inches of snow last year And they want me to move up there. Yeah, right. |
Dude, that's livin'!
Things are getting downright goofy around here -- more and more people
moving in (5 new houses going up on my road right now... depressing),
while at the same time more and more wildlife. The bears, as mentioned,
and now I've seen 2 foxes inside a few months... it was years since I'd
seen one. Turkeys in herds (25+). Even the raptors are coming back.
Oh, and many confirmed Bald Eagle sightings. Yay!
|
« Previous Thread
|
Next Thread »
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
| |
Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.