Comments on: SoCal Fire

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:35:58 +0000

The good news is that desalinization has seen a lot of progress. The bad news is that an existing plant could have been updated, but building a new one will take a lot of time and be many times more expensive.

Yes, MB, “was” is the operative tense, as several sources have reported the entire area was engulfed in flames.

The latest reports on the Sayre said that 500 mobile homes were destroyed. Fire officials were quoted as saying the heat was so intense that the trailers and the road signs in the area melted more than burned.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:39:30 +0000

My heart goes out to all those people. And I have a connection with that area; I spent a week at the Mount Calvary monastery in 1978. It was a beautiful place.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:04:16 +0000

We HAD a desal…then they voted for “state water” and they dismantled the $6mil dollar desal plant. They got some tourist bottled water out of the fiasco.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:32:08 +0000

Glad to hear from you, yesterday and today.

The Montecito Fire District had a water warning on their site – essentially stating that they were using so much water that levels are way down. There are probably inlets sucking mud or air right now.

Unless something changes radically with the weather patterns, desalinization is going to be the only viable path to the future. The fires are destroying the watershed, so, even if the rains do come, the water will just run off, and not soak in. The area will begin to look like Haiti and have the same problems every time it rains.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:22:01 +0000

Looks like things are looking up for us…evacuation orders have been lifted in several areas. Electricity is much, much better. Water availability is coming back…but for those living near the fire area who are able to get back in, there is a “boil water” alert.

Man have I never wanted a shower so much in my life. I smell of smoke. Everything smells of smoke.