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Same happened here about 20 years ago
I was able to help a friend save a couple of his cars, but not all
My engine hoist — but his engine block melted
It’s really devastating, and even for the people whose houses are spared — nothing is ever the same in the neighborhood after years of demolition, clearing, reconstruction ...
My cousin and her family evacuated out of Altadena, they are living with a sister and their house is still safe but off limits right now... her husband is manager of their water district (see below):
"The Eaton fire broke out in an adjacent area supplied by Kinneloa Irrigation District, and the flames caused minor damage to a generator, which has since been fixed, said Tom Majich, the district’s general manager.
Despite that damage, the district supplied water for firefighters using backup generators and borrowing water from Pasadena Water and Power, Majich said.
“All of our pumps were operational,” he said. “We were pumping water throughout the entire event.”
He said the district’s success in keeping water flowing was due partly to lessons learned from the Kinneloa fire in 1993, when a lack of generators and power outages kept water from fire crews. This time, he said, his district had its system ready for the emergency. But he added that problems occurred in other areas due to the limitations of infrastructure.
“To fight a wildfire, you have to have Lake Havasu behind you,” he said. “You could fill the Rose Bowl with water and it wouldn’t be enough water [for this fire].”
“There’s not a system that can do it,” he said.
Topography is also a factor in communities where water is pumped from the valley floor up to hilltop storage tanks.
Same happened here about 20 years ago
I was able to help a friend save a couple of his cars, but not all MINI My engine hoist — but his engine block melted It’s really devastating, and even for the people whose houses are spared — nothing is ever the same in the neighborhood after years of de...
