Re: [californiadisasters] 1993 Big Bend (Laguna Beach) Fire, 10/27/2013, 12:00 pm

I watched the start of this from my house in Irvine. Incredible to
watch. There was no doubt in my mind from watching the first puff of
smoke that there was nothing to stop this fire from roaring all the way
through Laguna Beach to the ocean. The wind was fiercely blowing; there
were no fire breaks. The environmentalists had stopped the toll road
that would have served as a wide firebreak. The environmentalists had
also stopped the construction of a reservoir on the top of the 'Top of
the World' in Laguna Beach, so they literally ran out of water to fight
the fire when it engulfed the city. My friends saved their house by
sneaking past the police lines, returned to find their porch on fire,
found no water pressure available, but were able to douse it with a
plastic gallon jug of water.

Dan Shapiro
Pedley

On 10/27/2013 11:45 AM, californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> Title: 1993 Big Bend (Laguna Beach) Fire
> Date: Sunday October 27, 2013
> Time: 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm (GMT-08.00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
> Location: Laguna Canyon/Laguna Beach/Orange County
> Notes: The Laguna Fire (Big Bend Incident) began early in the
> afternoon on this date in 1993 near the junction of the Santa Ana
> Freeway and Laguna Canyon Road and driven by strong Santa Ana Winds
> burned all the way to the sea even jumping Pacific Coast Highway.
> This arson-caused fire damaged or destroyed 441 homes and scorched
> 14,337 acres but fortunately killed or seriously injured nobody.
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