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The 3.6 temblor yesterday afternoon was a popular topic of conversation last evening at Harleys along with lots of fire stories. I heard some nervous jokes about the four seasons of SoCal (fire and earthquake being two of them). A lot of people had stories about frantically trying to move horses out of the way the fires. One woman we know was slightly injured when she moved some horses from Simi only to run into another fire out near Happy Canyon outside of Santa Barbara.
The original Piru fire continues to burn up in the Los Padres National Forest. The Simi Valley fire is still burning up in the Newhall area. Neither fire is expected to be contained for several more days. Meanwhile, things in the San Bernardino Mountains and San Diego County are not going as well. Many more lost lives and homes.
The Star has a very interesting graphic showing how Santa Ana winds develop. 
It sprinkled a little here this morning and is raining right now in at least one part of Orange County. This is good and bad. It'll help with fire fighting efforts but may act to quickly destabilize now barren hillsides (leading to mudslides).
Posted by Dave at October 30, 2003 09:50 AM