Our thoughts are with you, Ron, and everyone else.  Gook luck to  
all.  I hope the loss of life remains low, among first responders and  
the public.
Tim

On Oct 23, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Ron May wrote:

> You might research fire insurance companies for info on equipment  
> and water
> source construction. They ran fire fighting operations well into  
> the 20th
> century.
>
> Just in case someone has been camping on Mars for the past week,  
> there are
> 300,000 evacuees camping at Qualcomm Stadium, Del Mar Fair Grounds,  
> and
> churches  and schools all over this county. At least 1,000 houses  
> have burned, about
> 250  commercial structures burned, and entire towns of Ramona,  
> Lakeside,
> Julian,  Santa Ysabel, Pine Valley, Guatay, and much of Poway,  
> Chula Vista, and
> eastern  San Diego are evacuated. Nearly all the highways and most  
> of the
> Interstate  freeways have been shut down for emergency service  
> vehicles. Inspite of
> all  this, only 1 person died and 24 have been injured, but a fire  
> truck was
> overwhelmed in a fire storm and two fire fighters are in a coma.  
> Just about
> everyone I know has been touched by this crisis. To cut the red  
> tape, the
> Department of Defense has called San Diego a training exercise and  
> Air National
> Guard and Navy fire fighting helicopters and C-130 air tankers are  
> being rushed
> to the fire lines. We are at about 200,000 acres of forest and  
> brush lands
> burning completely out of control right now. The evacuation has  
> never been on
> this scale, and yet it stands in stark contrast to the panic and  
> loss of
> control  in New Orleans. Public outpouring of food, medicine, cots,  
> blankets, and
> medical  help has been just phenomenal.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
>
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Timothy Scarlett
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