California Disasters Upcoming Events
2003 Old Fire Anniversary
When:
Friday, 25 October 2019
Where:
San Bernardino Mountains - San Bernardino County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Old Fire was a large complex wildfire that started on October 21, 2003 (the original Old Fire began on October 25), near Old Waterman Canyon Road and California State Route 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, Southern California, United States. The Old Fire caused at least $1.2 billion in damages.
The Old Fire was one of 15 wildfires throughout Southern California that month, which became known as the "2003 Firestorm" and the "Fire Siege of 2003." This included the huge Cedar Fire, what was then the second-largest fire in California's history after the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889.
Fanned by the Santa Ana winds, the Old Fire burned 91,281 acres (369.40 km2), destroyed 993 homes, and caused six deaths. The fire threatened San Bernardino and Highland, as well as the mountain resort communities of Cedar Glen, Crestline, Running Springs and Lake Arrowhead and forcing upwards of 80,000 residents to evacuate their homes. Part of California State University, San Bernardino burned during the fire.
The fire was fully contained on November 2, 2003 with the help of rain and snow. The final cost of fighting the fire was $42 million. The Lake Arrowhead community is now part of a Redevelopment Agency which is controlled by a Board of Supervisors.
The Old Fire victims identified were Charles Howard Cunningham, 93, of San Bernardino; Ralph Eugene McWilliams, 67, of Cedar Glen; Chad Leo Williams, 70, of Crestline; James William McDermoth, 70, of San Bernardino; and Robert Norman Taylor, 54, of San Bernardino. All five victims died from indirect consequences of the fire, due to heart attacks brought on by physical or emotional strain.
In 2009, Rickie Lee Fowler was charged with igniting the Old Fire. Authorities charged that he was a passenger in a white van seen leaving the area where the fire started, and that Fowler was the person seen throwing a lit flare into brush by the side of the road. The driver of the van, Martin David Valdez, Jr., died of a gunshot wound in 2006. A grand jury indicted Fowler on October 19, 2009, with one count of arson of an inhabited structure, one count of aggravated arson, and five counts of murder, based on five residents in the burn evacuation areas who died of heart attacks. Although a sixth man also died of a heart attack after the fire was set, prosecutors were unable to directly link that death to the stress of the fire. Similarly, although the fire stripped the soil of vegetation and destabilized the slopes, no one was charged in the deaths of fourteen people killed two months later when a mudslide ripped through a camp in Waterman Canyon.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Fire
2003 Cedar Fire Anniversary
When:
Friday, 25 October 2019
Where:
Peninsular Ranges - San Diego County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Cedar Fire was a massive, highly-destructive wildfire, which burned 273,246 acres (1,106 km2) of land in San Diego County, California, during October and November 2003. The fire's rapid growth was driven by the Santa Ana winds, causing the fire to spread at a rate of 3,600 acres (15 km2) per hour. By the time the fire was fully contained on November 4, it had destroyed 2,820 buildings (including 2,232 homes) and killed 15 people, including one firefighter. Hotspots continued to burn within the Cedar Fire's perimeter until December 5, 2003, when the fire was fully brought under control.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Fire
2003 Simi Fire Anniversary
When:
Friday, 25 October 2019
Where:
Santa Susana Mountains - Los Angeles & Ventura Counties
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Santa Ana Wind-driven Simi Fire started around October 25, 2003, in the area of Simi Valley and Moorpark. It was a devastating 2003 wildfire that burned 108,204 acres (438 km2) of land in the Simi Hills and southeastern Simi Valley, in eastern Ventura County and western Los Angeles County, California. The Simi Fire initially advanced at a rate of 20 miles per day as CDF and county fire crews labored to block its path. As the fire advanced, authorities feared that blowing embers would spread the fire to Thousand Oaks or Camarillo, or could even cross into Los Angeles on a “march to the sea.” Weather conditions improved and firefighters managed to gain ground on what one firefighter called, “an unstoppable hurricane of fire.” The Simi Fire destroyed 37 residences and 278 outbuildings while injuring 21 people.There is speculation this fire started as a result of the nearby Verdale Fire spotting across Highway 126 and the Santa Clara Riverbed.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simi_Fire
https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/draft_cfcg_report_0204.pdf
2003 Otay Fire Anniversary
When:
Saturday, 26 October 2019
Where:
Southern San Diego County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Otay Fire started during the Santa Ana wind event. The initial attack CDF incident commander recognized the value of an existing BLM International fuel break and used a major burnout strategy to successfully suppress the fire with very limited resources. The fire was successfully contained at 46,291 acres and major resource releases were completed by October 28.
•Total Acres: 45,971
•Estimated Suppression Cost: $350,000
•Firefighters Assigned at Peak : 138
•Residences Destroyed: 1
•Other Structures Destroyed: 5
•Lives Lost: 0
•Communities Evacuated: None
•Cause: Under Investigation
•Fuel Type: Medium to heavy brush
Source: https://interwork.sdsu.edu/fire/resources/OtayFireMap.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_California_wildfires
2003 Mountain Fire Anniversary
When:
Saturday, 26 October 2019
Where:
Temecula - Riverside County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Santa Ana Wind-driven Mountain fire started around October 26, 2003, near Temecula. DHS-FEMA approved an FMAGP declaration on the first day, as the fire burned approximately 10,446 acres, destroying 61 structures. Approximately 350 firefighters managed to contain the fire on October 30, 2003, at an estimated cost of $1.2 million.
Source: https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/draft_cfcg_report_0204.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_California_wildfires
1993 Green Meadow Fire Anniversary
When:
Saturday, 26 October 2019
Where:
Santa Monica Mountains - Ventura County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
This afternoon in 1993 an arsonist started a fire on the edge of the Green Meadow Golf Course in Thousand Oaks which strong Santa Ana Winds pushed up into the Santa Monica Mountains. Overnight the winds flared up again and drove it all the way to the Pacific Ocean near Point Mugu and Sycamore Canyon. In all, 43,844 acres were burned and caused $12 million in damages, destroying 38 houses, 21 mobile homes, 80 smaller structures and a radio tower on Rasnow Peak. Both actors Tom Selleck and Sly Stallone owned ranches at that time which were threatened by this fire. $10 million was spent fighting the fires, and more than 5,100 firefighters and support personnel from around the state helped. Twenty firefighters, a deputy sheriff and three civilians were injured.
Source: http://archive.vcstar.com/news/ten-years-ago-over-70000-acres-in-county-burned-ep-371065283-352928371.html/ and others
2003 Paradise Fire Anniversary
When:
Saturday, 26 October 2019
Where:
Peninsular Ranges - San Diego County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Paradise fire started around October 26, 2003, on Rattlesnake Mountain north of Paradise Creek Lane on the Rincon Indian Reservation. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but is suspected to have been the result of either a campfire or arson. DHS-FEMA provided an FMAGP declaration for the Paradise Fire on October 26, 2004, as thousands of residents were evacuated, while 788 personnel from USFS, CDF, the California Department of Fish and Game, and local fire districts battled the blaze. The Paradise Fire quickly swept the southern perimeter of the Cleveland National Forest, from Valley Central to Escondido, only a few miles north of the Cedar Fire. By the time it was fully contained on November 6, 2003, it had burned 56,700 acres and destroyed 223 residences, causing two deaths and 24 injuries.
Source: https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/draft_cfcg_report_0204.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_California_wildfires
1993 Laguna Fire Anniversary
When:
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Where:
San Joaquin Hills - Orange County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
On October 27, 1993, a fire started near Laguna Canyon Road about one mile north of El Toro Road. Pushed by Santa Ana winds, the fire reached the community of Emerald Bay and entered the perimeter of the District's Moorhead Reservoir. The fire continued north into Crystal Cove State Park and south into Laguna Beach where it reached Park Avenue. By the time it was contained (about 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28), the fire had destroyed 366 homes, damaged over 500 more homes and burned over 17,000 acres of brushland.Approximately 16 million gallons of water over normal usage was needed during the period of the firestorm.
Source: http://www.lbcwd.org/about-us/1993-firestorm#ad-image-0
1993 Ortega Fire Anniversary
When:
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Where:
Santa Ana Mountains - Riverside & Orange Counties
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
Late this afternoon in 1993 a fire began in the Cleveland National Forest in the Riverside County side of the Santa Ana Mountains and driven by fierce Santa Ana Winds burned over into the Orange County side of the mountains destroying 22 homes and USFS cabins in Rancho Carrillo. Overall, this fire scorched 21,384 acres and destroyed 52 structures.
1993 Kinneola Fire Anniversary
When:
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Where:
Kinneola Mesa/San Gabriel Mountains - Los Angeles County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
Before dawn this morning in 1993 the Kinneloa Fire started by a homeless illegal alien from China and driven by fierce Santa Ana Winds burned down onto the Kinneloa Mesa and into Easton Canyon in the Pasadena/Altadena area. Later it burned laterally east and west along the base of the San Gabriel Mountains ultimately consuming 5,700 acres after initially destroying 126 homes in the first hours of the conflagration. One elderly person died of respiratory failure as a result of the fire.
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