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Ranger Al Updates
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Week of November 4:
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Wednesday-Thursday, November 5-6, 2003 |
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Thur, 3:00 am- |
The number of Structures destroyed is
now estimated at over 1000 for the old fire. 993 homes and 10
commercial properties.
Done for the night.
Going home.
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Thur, 12:00 am- |
I created some new maps
on the map page as well as added 146 new
addresses to the Newest List of
Damaged homes. More coming soon.
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Wed, 7:45 pm- |
K, I didn't ignore
you or even leave you. I just replied to about 200 emails.
As long as I don't get 200 more, I'll be able to get some stuff done
that I've been wanting to do. I may be contacting more of you
about volunteering tonight. We've got some good stuff planed.
I'll be updating the websites tonight.
Another thing- My
wife and kids think I have abandoned them. I set up an email
address so you can tell them thank you for me. I call them all
the time and thank them for understanding that I've been busy this
week, but maybe it'll be a nice surprise for a special thank you to
come in from one of you. Please don't expect a response, my
wife has a full time job (raising my 3 kids) and doesn't have time
to reply to 2500 people like I have this week. The address is
amy-fire@fireupdate.com
Just a repeat of
below- The whole mountain is open to residents now including Cedar
Glen.
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Wed, 3:30 pm- |
If you own a cabin near
a burn zone, you can help out by renting (or donating) your cabin to
a family that lost their home while they rebuild. Contact your
real estate agent if this is possible. Also if you send info
to me I can get the word out.
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Wed, 3:00 pm- |
This article was found today. It's just a tad wrong.
It says that we get 18,000 hits a day. We get that many hits
by 6:30 am, every morning, but, anywho, back to better things.
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Wed, 2:45 pm- |
Updates from
Crestline- Goodwin's is open normal hours and is fully staffed.
They received their shipment of vegetables, dairy, meat and frozen
foods and are restocking, but almost everything is available for
purchase..
The 7-11 in town is open and pumping gas. I have no information on
Ultramar--er, Valero at this point.
Mountain Disposal is on normal schedule for areas accessible by
their trucks. They now pick up 5 cans a week instead of 3. (This
change occurred before the fires, but not everybody noticed it on
their bill.) I was unable to reach Heap's Peak landfill, so I don't
know whether there is any damage there or when they will reopen.
Charter Cable is going section-by-section and repairing lines. They
have a lot of damage, and don't have an ETA. From the sound of it,
they may be turning it on one neighborhood at a time as they get the
lines working. The signal is from down the hill, and the office
burned in Rimforest has NO impact on operations.
Crestline Water District has talked to the health department and has
confirmed that NO special preparation is needed to drink the water.
Rumors that you have to boil the water in Crestline Water District
areas are FALSE.
The Crestline Post Office is open normal hours and is processing
tons of mail. It looks like they're getting everything for
Crestline--with no more being delivered to Norton. They ask that
residents check their mail daily for a couple of weeks, since a full
mailbox makes it hard for them to stuff mailboxes efficiently.
Photo by John T McIntosh
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Wed, 2:30 pm- |
Cedar Glen is open to residents now.
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Wed, 2:25 pm- |
Many credit card
companies and other companies have waived payments for a month or
two who lost income due to being evacuated. It can't hurt to
ask.
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Wed, 2:15 pm- |
Charter
Communications will be at their same location (in a temporary
building due to the fire burning down their old building) to handle
their costumers questions and concerns. They are working on
putting up temporary internet access points in different locations
around the mountain for residents to use high-speed internet for
free.
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Wed, 12:15 pm- |
I just got off the phone with Tim
Watkins from Caltrans and he confirmed that Highway 330 will be
opening for residents of Running Springs area at certain times of
the day. Those going up the hill open from 5pm-7:30pm by
police escort. Those going down the hill open from 5am-7:30am
by police escort. Additional Traffic is still not allowed.
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Wed, 11:45 am- |
The Pass system is no longer being used
for access to the mountain. You still need proof of residency
to get past the checkpoints. Throw those ugly old passes away!
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Wed, 11:00 am- |
!00% Containment has been achieved this
morning! Total cost: $32,584,000. It burned 91,281
acres. Running Springs and
areas around (Arrowbear, GVL) can get to their homes by way of Big
Bear.
Red Cross and Salvation Army has
moved from the Airport to the Orange Show Fairgrounds. The
Temporary Post office is still at the Airport. Some Post
Offices in the Mountains are already open. Crestline being one
of them.
I am still in need of some people to
help organize events. I've got lots of volunteers but not as
many people willing to really put some time into it and help
organize. Email me if you can.
By the way, Ranger Al is down the
mountain right now. Can you believe it. He's up there
when everyone's down the mountain, Now everyone goes up and he
comes down! What a nut. Is he afraid of everyone or
something? lol, actually he's taken some elderly people down
to the hospital. He'll be back up soon.
Special thanks to the many firefighters who risked their lives to save
many homes like this one.
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Wed, 10:30 am- |
I'm still busy replying to emails.
One email just suggested that cell phone companies allow you do
donate your minutes to other people who helped out in an emergency.
Coming from someone that used thousands of minutes on a couple of
different phones, I think that would be a great idea. But
something like that would be hard to set up. Oh well, good
idea. I like to read and I'm
sure others do to about your returns home. Post them in the
RIMhigh.com
forums, so we can hear about your experiences.
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Wed, 8:45 am- |
I really love the many "thankings" I get
but for today, If you could post those in the
RIMhigh.com
forums, I will still get to read them but they wont add to my
inbox problems today. Thanks
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Wed, 8:30 am- |
Good Morning. My email box is now
at 400 emails. I know that I will not be able to get these
done any time soon. I need sort through them and start
prioritizing the list a bit. I'm really sorry, I want to
answer everyone but It is looking worse and worse at this point.
Photo by John T. McIntosh
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