"Towering Palm Trees explode" - PICS from Santa Barbara fire

[underpants]

Towering Palm Trees explode as flames jump across state highway 154 early Friday morning May 8, 2009, in Santa Barbara, Calif., bringing the fire dangerously close to heavily populated areas. A wildfire raging along coastal mountain slopes burned more homes Friday as it expanded in two directions along a five-mile front, and mandatory evacuation orders grew to encompass some 30,500 people, authorities said. Thousands more were urged to be ready to move on a moment's notice.
(AP Photo/Keith D. Cullom)







Embers fly during the Jesusita fire in Santa Barbara, California May 6, 2009. At least half a dozen homes were destroyed and 2,000 evacuated on the outskirts of Santa Barbara on Wednesday as a fierce, wind-whipped wildfire raged in rugged foothills above the central California seaside city.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)

[Feron]

1. Great pictures.

My thoughts are with all of those affected by the fire. :(

[Rage for Order]

10. Even the rich people?

:sarcasm:

[iamjoy]

15. They Aren't All Rich

My step-sisters both live in Santa Barbara part of the year and they are not what you think of as rich. They are drawn to the beauty of the place and they are not materialistic, so they economize.

[Mike 03]

2. Thank you. Devastating.

I have the feeling that a great writer, and one of my mentors, just lost his home in this disaster.

Hideous.

[Mike 03]

3. Frank Lloyd Wright built homes in that area. I am not sure how many people know that.

Sad. Gone, forever.

K and R.

Thanks for the pictures.

[rurallib]

4. All the oil they contain makes them like a giant match stick.

Or so I was told.

[underpants]

5. I did not know about that

will check it out

thanks

[jaysunb]

9. Lots of those homes are result of oil money.

I don't know if the oil will be a problem, but, there's lots of it, on and off shore. Just ask Chevron. :evilgrin:

[jody]

7. Eucalyptus trees are more dangerous because of their larger size and oil content. Any fire fighter

who has seen a forest fire "crown" will tell you it's a very scary experience.

[TheMadMonk]

20. You were told right. And green burns hotter than dry.

Found that out when burning off some old fronds when it started to get away from me I tossed on some "green" fronds to slow the fire down a bit.

I made it to the tap and hose. My eyebrows didn't.

[tridim]

6. That last pic is amazing, I can see the wind.

[EFerrari]

8. Hekate is in Goleta. Keep her and her family in your thoughts, DU.

[pacalo]

11. Sure will! So sorry about this tragedy!

Hope you're far away, Elizabeth.

:hug:

[EFerrari]

13. I'm way north, thank heavens.

:hi:

[havocmom]

17. Has she posted today?

So worried about you all out there.

[EFerrari]

19. I'm nowhere near that area. But, this is the last post I saw:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5615767

[LakeSamish706]

12. Absolutely Devastating.... So sorry to all those that have lost everything...

Be they rich or poor the feeling is still the same...

[NNN0LHI]

14. That first picture looks like the closing scene from Apocalypse Now

[underpants]

16. That is actually what drew my eye to it

I thought the limb in the top right corner was a helicopter before I clicked on it and enlarged it

[malaise]

18. Devastation

Too sad.

[omega minimo]

21. Let's all thank our firefighters, esp. in California "fire season"

:applause: :yourock: