Perris/Elsinore smoked out?

[bigbearfng 16]

Just wondering if they're grounded due to smoke/low visibility.
Not that I could could jump this week anyway.....packing and evacuating.....

[Nightingale 0]

I know they jumped at least one load today at Perris... heard it was pretty miserable, though.

[scottjaco 0]

It would have been interesting to see the view from up there. How was the visability?

scott

[lewmonst 0]

On Saturday Elsinore shut down early because of smoke and Santa Ana winds. Winds being the biggest reason, they were high teens, gusting in the 20's.
Sunday was fine, a little windy but never shut down. The smoke didn't quite make it to the dz, it crept up close, withint 3 miles, then the winds retreated along with the smoke.
Monday the planes were grounded for a while as an ATC was evacuated because of a fire, and lots of airports were grounded because the FAA had no one to look after them. Today Elsinore did 11 loads Cajones said...

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[Nightingale 0]

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It would have been interesting to see the view from up there. How was the visability?

scott

I wasn't there, but I heard it was awful, really smoky. didn't hear complaints about visibility, but more about the smoke making breathing rather unpleasant.

[freeflybella 0]

I was jumping in Titusville back when all the fires were ravaging Florida. The dz was shut down eventually but until then, we could see the multiple 'fronts' from altitude - it was pretty amazing!

On the ground was miserable!! Just going from the house to your car - you would smell like you stood downwind of a barbeque all day.

Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

[rjf98 0]

MMMMMMM
BBQ

[C2Norway 0]

I'm leaving Oslo, Norway tonight, heading for Perris/Elsinore. You guys better be open! lol

How long does it take to drive from Perris/Elsinore to Eloy?

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[VectorBoy 0]

How long does it take to drive from Perris/Elsinore to Eloy?

[Shark 0]

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MMMMMMM
BBQ

Speaking of BBQ... make sure your wife buys Shiner this weekend.

[ltdiver 3]

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How long does it take to drive from Perris/Elsinore to Eloy?

Six hours for a belly flier, four hours for FFlier.

[rjf98 0]

Depends...
If HWY 8 is shut down due to the fires it's going to take you a while. Other than that your looking at only about 5 or 6 hours tops.

I drove in from Pheonix on Sunday night because my plane was shut down from the fires. It was a long drive and wait.

[CrazyDave 0]

whats happened out there?

[rjf98 0]

I'm suprised you haven't heard about it. Close to 1 million acres have burned. Thousands of homes destroyed, and the last count I heard was 16 dead. This doesn't even begin to account for the lost livestock and wildlife.

Biggest fires in history out here. Major disaster. I think for a while people thought that San Diego, CA proper was in hot water.

[skyeyeskydiving 0]

*** I'm suprised you haven't heard about it. Close to 1 million acres have burned. Thousands of homes destroyed, and the last count I heard was 16 dead. This doesn't even begin to account for the lost livestock and wildlife.

Biggest fires in history out here. Major disaster. I think for a while people thought that San Diego, CA proper was in hot water.

[CrazyDave 0]

yes this is the same crazy dave...!

i have being watching the news but it was never on... and i have also read the papers, it wasnt in my papers either.... i didnt know because i never heard about it in conversation.... (the wind tunnel)

however. this fire thing, well i new about the fire, but since i dont know much in the way of geography in america i dont/ didnt know that perris was where the fire was!


!!! - what publicity... if u mean the skydiving community then if you check my registration date..... i have infact not been signed up for the past 2-3 years. i am only 16 and have only in effect done 1 jump. i am doing more, but as was not into the sport until earlier this year did not feel it was neccisary to sign up.

[philh 0]

What happening vis a vis fires at Perris? Havent heard anything on the news since the weekend. Gonna be there on the 20th of Nov, hopefully the whole sky is not smoke and maybe even the wind tunnle open by then. What do you think are the odds?

[Nightingale 0]

Fires are mostly contained/out.

Perris and Elsinore have been jumping this week with no problems other than rain and cloud cover.