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

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)

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

:sarcasm:

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.

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

Hideous.

Sad. Gone, forever.

K and R.

Thanks for the pictures.

Or so I was told.

will check it out

thanks

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:

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

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.

Hope you're far away, Elizabeth.

:hug:

:hi:

So worried about you all out there.

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

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

Too sad.

:applause: :yourock: