Sunday, October 26, 2014

Re: [californiadisasters] 2003 Cedar Fire, Sunday, 26 October 2014



Thanks, Rick! Did you perchance know him personally from the biz or was he outside your professional orbit?

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Rick Bates HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com [californiadisasters] <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
The fallen firefighter was Steven Ruckers of Novato Fire District (Marin County). 

Further may be read here:



73,
Rick wa6nhc

Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable

On Oct 25, 2014, at 5:26 PM, californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 

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"2003 Cedar Fire" reminder
When
Sunday, 26 October 2014
01:30 AM to 01:30 AM
(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time - Dublin / Edinburgh / Lisbon / London
Where
Central-West San Diego County
Notes
Early this evening in 2003 a lost hunter started a signal fire which a short time later powerful Santa Ana Winds drove 30 miles in 16.5 hour for an average burn rate of 5,000 acres per hour. This fire went on to be the largest fire in California up to that time at 280,278 acres. This fire consumed 2,820 structures, of which 2,232 were homes in communities as far ranging as Ramona, Poway, Miramar, Scripps Ranch, and Julian. 15 people were killed including a firefighter.
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