tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4889130259755474382024-03-13T14:47:36.918-07:00Palacio MusingsDimamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11629810213564008605noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488913025975547438.post-24591367584356130012007-10-22T08:17:00.000-07:002007-10-23T10:22:33.693-07:00Fire scanner transcriptsHere is some information fished out of fire department radio channels:<br /><br />~8AM Threat to the (Ramona?) airbase<br />8:20AM Activity in Ramona? on 7th st between B and Main<br />8:23AM Positions taken in the Cedar - Ash - Montecito Way area of Ramona<br />1:42PM Del Norte in Poway - no fire yet<br />1:50PM 17776 Bellechase Circle, RB is on fire<br />2:18PM Fire on crossing of Ipai and Carranza, San Diego<br />2:20PM 1775 Coyote Bush Drive, RB 4 engines take a stand<br />2:26PM 17807 Corazon Pl, San Diego is on fire<br />2:42PM 17725? Rose Garden Ct on fire?<br />2:42PM 14400 Twin Peaks Rd, Poway - brush fire<br />2:43PM 18665 Old Coach Way, Poway is on fire<br />2:44PM 17783 Weaving Ln, RB on fire<br />2:47PM Caminito De Las Palmas, San Diego - fire approaching houses<br />3:05PM Crossing of Artesian Rd and Camino Del Sur - brush fire<br />11:14PM Evacuation along Mission Rd, San Diego (RSF)<br />11:17PM Fire on Via Santa Rosa (RSF?)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10/23</span><br /><br />3:45AM 1800 Almendro Ln, San Diego - structure protection<br />10:19AM Fire at the base of Palomar mountain, "significant threat", "implement evacuation"Dimamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11629810213564008605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488913025975547438.post-42593885373344324952007-10-22T07:55:00.000-07:002007-10-24T23:03:13.705-07:00Fire in San Diego and journalismWell, it turns out that most journalists in San Diego do not know how to work. There is a major fire raging in the neighborhood (Witch Creek), yet the local news channels rehash news that are few hours old, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">shut down</span> for the night. Any professional worth his/her salt would have worked through the night during such a rare opportunity to show off the skills.<br /><br />The county emergency site, <a href="http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/">http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/</a> , was completely down for more than a day. The other site, <a href="http://www.211sandiego.org/">http://www.211sandiego.org/</a>, is not faring much better. If more than few hundred dollars were spent on development, the tax moneys were wasted in both cases.<br /><br />OK, so here are few pointers for clueless residents and journalists alike:<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/nateritter">Nate's Twitter feed</a> contains a lot of short extremely up-to-date messages about the fire. This is the best source for an up-to-date, but unverified information.<br /><br />Fire/police scanning site (under heavy load now, but still working. Use MP3 Tune-in button in the third row): <a href="http://www.scansandiego.net/">http://www.scansandiego.net</a><br /><br /><a href="mms://kg6fwo.no-ip.org:8081">Another fire scanner by KG6FWO</a><br /><br />Jim 2.0 blog, <a href="http://jamesewelch.wordpress.com/">http://jamesewelch.wordpress.com/</a>, contains lots of useful links.<br /><br />The maps from the official source, <a href="http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/">http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/</a>, are finally of good quality and up-to-date, yet huge and take long time to download.<br /><br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&msa=0&msid=114250687465160386813.00043d08ac31fe3357571&ll=32.997146,-116.968689&spn=0.962878,1.867676&z=9">A good map</a> maintained through public input (by KPBS)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.richknitter.com/blog/?p=91"></a>Satellite fire detection data (at least few hours late, still better than NBC and Fox. <span style="font-style: italic;">Already down at 8:30AM</span>): <a href="http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm">http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm</a><br /><br /><span>This map was very good: </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?uid=103734099241550080511&hl=en&gl=us&ptab=2&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107592071260393044446.00043d12d7e7e7af51aaa">Unofficial Google fire map</a>, now discontinued due to complaints from clueless folks.Dimamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11629810213564008605noreply@blogger.com1