JasonQ 0 #1 October 23, 2007 A friend of mine just told me that the Harris fire has missed the Skydive San Diego drop zone. Over 300 thousand people have been evacuated and almost one thousand homes have been destroyed in the area. It will be nice to have the distraction -slash- stress reliever of skydiving when this is all over. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,400 #2 October 23, 2007 The fire is mostly moving northwest, but from what I can tell the DZ is still at risk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #3 October 23, 2007 This fire seems worse than the 2004 San Diego ones. I grabbed my medic's bag and headed down there yesterday, but could only get as far south as Poway. I ended up checking folks over who were taking refugee in the North County Mall off the 15 freeway. There are sure a heck of a lot of displaced persons . . . NickD BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #4 October 24, 2007 Here's the latest MODIS Imagery from yesterday afternoon. You can see the fires near San Diego flared up a bit from yesterday morning so I would say they're definitely not out of the woods yet. Also, the fire up by orange county is also a little worrisome as it looks like it has the potential to cause some serious damage if not contained somewhat early. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyD 0 #5 October 24, 2007 The dz is safe. There are some guys who have ultralights in the hangars that stayed on the defensive with a hose or two. Crazy bastards are 2-0 fighting the recent fires. SD peeps should take some beers over to those guys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrianM 1 #6 October 25, 2007 I assume the DZ is closed due to the fires? I will be in San Diego for the weekend and was planning to do some jumping there, I guess that's no longer an option. Hopefully they (and everyone else) come through ok."It's amazing what you can learn while you're not talking." - Skydivesg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #7 October 25, 2007 The winds have calmed down noticeably, and with them so have a number of the fires. This afternoon was looking pretty promising. Hopefully in the next few days we'll see a conclusion to this. The sky is still orange and it's still raining ash in Los Angeles, but hopefully not for too much longer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #8 October 26, 2007 The structures are still there, the phone lines in tact. We are headed out to clean and reload as I type..... With a little luck and a bit of elbow grease, we'll be jumping tomorrow! Endless Summer Boogie!!!! Oh yeah! I guarantee you the party is gonna rock Saturday night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #9 October 27, 2007 QuoteThe structures are still there, the phone lines in tact. We are headed out to clean and reload as I type..... With a little luck and a bit of elbow grease, we'll be jumping tomorrow! Endless Summer Boogie!!!! Oh yeah! I guarantee you the party is gonna rock Saturday night. Very happy to hear our San Diego DZ escaped the blaze. Hope the Temporary Flight Restriction is lifted soon. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
