More Than 100 Homes Burned In California.

Hi Chevee. I've been watching that on the news today. That is very sad. I remember a couple of years ago when there were fires everywhere in FL. It's scary. Not to mention all the smoke. That's terrible. I hope they get them out soon.

Yes I heard about this and my niece is out there too alone because her husband is deployed. I was really concerned for her because she has some pictures of the last fire which came so close that she took this picture from the deck of her apartment. This one is a little more than three hours from her. After seeing where it is, I can see why they can't get it contained. The wind off the ocean is intense and there's nothing they can do about it but to keep on fighting it until they're able to contain it. This is the reason why President Bush wanted to control burn the forests, to get the areas that are the most worrisome and the environmentalists wouldn't allow it and now what do they have? An even worse of a mess.

That is really awful I have not seen our news today although I am not sure if it would be on or not as I am in UK and they do not always report everything that happens abroad. I really feel for all these people it must be the worst thing ever and so scary, I just cannot imagine it. I had a house fire some years ago and that was bad enough, I lost my house and all my possessions in that and it was just devastating, luckily I did not lose my life.

Hi Chevee, Not forgettting the animals and crestures in the forest, it is very sad, I think it a careless peron with ciggerettes or something, you just cannot do anything about it. Hugs. Tamara

They're saying that the major factor in the spread of this fire is the high winds - up to 70 mph this morning. Many other years, it's been mostly brush fires that destroy acres of land and forest - but I'm watching this live on television right now, and they're talking about hundreds of homes. The news reporter on the scene was talking about a trailer park with over 200 homes, where the fire spread so fast that the fire department had had to just pull out and let it burn. It's sad, and frightening in many ways, to realize that we really can't control these things.

That news is so sad. I wondered to how these fires where started. It must be very dry in that area for the fires to spread that quickly. You do wonder how they cannot be put out quickly, but I suppose they do there best to save homes. I think the area might be on a hillside, so it might be hard to access by the fire fighters. I hope no further damage is caused. Is it under control now?

i heard abt it, sad... hope cal recovers from it soon

Yes this is really bad I was just watching this on the news and they are saying that they has been what 600 house gone now.... My heart just goes out to these people, one man on the news was saying that he felt very lucky because he and his family got out a live and this was the second time that he had lost his house, he lost it back in the fires after the earthquakes in 1994 ....

I've seen it on the news. It is really sad. Fires seem to happen almost ever year. Either in California or Florida. There it is usually the Everglades. Sometimes they get started by weather. Like with lightening strikes. Other times it is just careless people. It's just sad.

i live in irvine, but santa barbara is maybe 3 hours drive.

it is such a sad thing but i really don't understand why they keep going back for more.

I've seen the news reports of these fires and you're right, it is very sad. I don't know if this is true, but a few years back I heard or read (I don't remember which) that there is a grasslike plant that is a fire repellent, but for some reason homeowners are not allowed to grow it. If it's true and this plant does exist, I think homeowners need to lobby to get to use it, unless there's something dangerous about it.

That was so sad. I hope the U.S. government could do preventive measures about wild fires. It's very hard to start all over again.

I'm sure that all of these celebrities and rich people who live there have great insurance and will get everything that they lose back. And for those that don't have the money, I'm sure some celebrity will start a charity fund for them. I'm not saying that it's not sad, but at least it happened where it did.

I saw that on the news and right away I thought Oh my goodness and I thought we had problems. This is sickening it really is.

I live in California and happens every year. They start because California is such a dry state. It is warm most of the year so alot of areas have dry grass or shrubs. They usually can't control them because they grow so fast, there is so much dry shurbbery once it's starts it grows faster than they can control it. I have seen the news and heard about it. It's sad. Every year I watch as these places are getting burned. Luckily I have never been near any of them.

I feel sad learning about news like this. I just hope they will be able to put out the fire immediately so as not to affect a lot of houses and lives.