Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Re: [californiadisasters] 1996 Harmony Grove Fire, 10/21/2012, 2:00 pm



Mike,

I'm glad your story had a good ending.... a friend of my mother's also lived in that area as well... it was pretty bad! I believe some folks called it the "Elfen Forest" Fire although this (Harmony Grove) is the official name.

Kimmer

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Mike Curtis <mike@fumarin.net> wrote:
 

For all of the years that I lived in California, this is the only time I had to pack up the valuables in the car in case we were given the order to get out.  I was living in La Costa (just outside Carlsbad) at the time and watched the smoke rise and get darker on the drive home.  I made it home before the area was closed off (my wife wasn't allowed anywhere near the area when she got off work a 9pm).

After packing up I joined a couple dozen of my neighbors on a ridgeline a couple blocks away to watch the fire as it came towards us.  Fortunately the winds had died down and it stayed far enough away from us that we didn't have to leave.


From: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:55:20 +0000
Subject: [californiadisasters] 1996 Harmony Grove Fire, 10/21/2012, 2:00 pm



Reminder from:   californiadisasters Yahoo! Group
 
Title:   1996 Harmony Grove Fire
 
Date:   Sunday October 21, 2012
Time:   2:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location:   Harmony Grove/Elfin Forest/Escondido/San Diego Co.
Notes:   On this afternoon in 1996 a fire began at the western edge of Escondido.

Driven by strong Santa Ana Winds it burned through 8,600 acres and 100 homes before it was contained.

One man was killed when the fire trapped him in his car.
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