thoughts & prayers out to my L.A. BOTL's & SOTL's

[mrreindeer]

Well, this one hit close to home...really close.

39 weeks pregnant mrsreindeer and I are right now watching helicopters out the back of our house pick up water from the ocean to use to continue fighting the fire in Rancho Palos Verdes.

It started last night at 8pm and we heard planes & copters out our bedroom window and it was keepin' me from my beauty sleep.

Then we got a text from a friend who was asking if we were okay.

At first, I thought it was F.A.T. (you know who you are).

But I thought it best to turn on the local news to find out that there was a wildfire burning out of control very nearby.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,7287106.story

This pic was taken at the end of our street:

Residents of Cartier Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes watch as a helicopter, right, makes a water run at a brush fire in the Portuguese Bend area. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / August 27, 2009)

They evacuated 2,000 folks in our area, including those who live on the main street that backs into our neighborhood.

The good thing is that this one's 70% contained due to the tremendous efforts of the L.A. County Fire Dept., the 'Apocalypse Now'-style aerial assualt and remarkably low winds, but there are 3 more fires burning right now in the Los Angeles area.

I hope the rest of you Angelenos are good & safe! We missed this one but I know a lot of folks out there are hurtin'.

Thoughts & prayers going out to anyone affected by this latest round of fires, even you Trojans!

[mrreindeer]

Originally Posted by mrreindeer

This pic was taken at the end of our street:



Residents of Cartier Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes watch as a helicopter, right, makes a water run at a brush fire in the Portuguese Bend area. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / August 27, 2009)

And I'm taking a closer look at that so-called 'HELICOPTER' in the pic and it turns out we were worse off than we thought...that's no 'helicopter', that's a freakin' alien spaceship! We were attacked, I knew it!

[dj1340]

Best of luck to all in this.

[madurolover]

Make sure you and mrsreindeer stay safe my friend.

Good thoughts going out to all i harms way.

[Cypress]

Be safe. Dont chance anything. Good luck and God Bless.

[mrreindeer]

Thanks so much guys....everything is A-OK...copters still there and they say on the news not to go outside but we're all good, thankfully.

I hope the rest of the Angeleno crew are okay too.

[commonsenseman]

Glad to hear you, mrsreindeer, & babyreindeer are all safe!

[Tarks]

Damn that sucks. Every year its the same story on the news. Crazy. Hopefully it stays clear of your house. btw, nice picture.

[sikk50]

It's good to hear you and your family are ok.

I've been a little out of the loop now that I'm back to school in Chico but my mom and dad in Ojai have been keeping me up on all the southern fire news

[Cigary]

Good thoughts for you guys during this unpredictable fire,,,it always seems that these fires are just a part of life in S. California.

[mrreindeer]

Thanks guys & yep, Gary, you're right, although Rancho Palos Verdes hasn't had a fire like this in 50 years.

Fortunately winds were light & the all night long water drops from the ocean along with the tremendous effort from our firefighters put an early death to this one mid-Friday afternoon.

Here's a pic I took (not great) yesterday: