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To: Road Walker who wrote (355815)	10/23/2007 1:52:05 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1577025

Did you see the 60 minutes thing Sunday on the increase in the size of wildfires? No, but it doesn't surprise me. We had wildfires when I was in LA and they were horrific. But they pale compared to what's going on in S. CA right now. Last nite, it was reported that Marie Osmond collapsed at Dancing with the Stars in part because of breathing in the smoke all day. Jane Seymour's husband hid in the house when they were told to evacuate in order to fight the fire and she doesn't know if he's alive or dead. I don't think people understand how bad it really is.......this is the equivalent of having a huge fire in the middle of the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Near North Chicago. Its not in the rural areas for the most part but right in the cities of LA and San Diego. Two writers on the Real Money website who are from S. CA. signed off yesterday after being told they had to evacuate. I know people all over S. CA who I am sure were required to leave their homes. I feel for all of them. Its a nightmare....not just because of the fires but the traffic......I am sure its completely snarled as people are forced to evacuate while others are trying to do their normal business. Meanwhile all the 'safe' motels are booked so people were being put up in Qualcomm Stadium. Latest reports indicate that a half million have been required to leave their homes. Imagine....that's almost as big as the city of Seattle. And its only going to get worse. S. CA is overbuilt on land that should never have been developed for cities let along huge metropolises. It has no water, the ground shifts with every earthquake, the soil itself is mainly clay and sand....not good supports for building, the air is subject to repeated inversions and then there are the Santa Anas for the icing on the cake. S. CA should have been a resort area like the ones on the coasts of Mexico.....small cities with lots of hotels. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20. ;-((

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