Are fires in CA anywhere near Lindens ?

Ive just seen on the UK news that there are pretty serious fires in california...

while naturally concerned for the welfare of californians everywhere I could n't help wondering if the fires are anywhere near - and a threat to - Lindens... ?

No, the fires are in southern CA, like Los Angeles, San Diego. LL is in San Francisco, much farther north.

No, the Lindens should pull through it ok. But who knows, seeing how they've mentioned their "colocation" facilities, not sure where those are.

I'm sure it will be fine though.

It is very freaky here in So Cal right now, the smoke from the fires has turned the sky near the coast red and there is a fine coating of ash falling. San Diego is in really bad shape right now; schools closed, courts closed, freeways closed, evacuations all over the place.

LL has offices/facilities in San Francisco, Mountain View and other places, many, many kilometres from where the fires are. As for staff that work remotely or tele-commute, that's a different story. If any live in So-Cal, I'm sure they are ok. A few of the fires are in remote areas or forests.

I am typing this on an ash covered keyboard on my ash covered desk. It's a mess here in Southern California, but we're not close to Linden Lab at all. They're about a 5 - 6 hour drive north of us.

No. LL is in San Francisco which is a moist climate with plenty of rain and no significant dry brush around. The biggest of the fires are in Malibu and Canyon Country [Los angeles County], Orange County and two in San Diego County. Southern California is a completely different climate with very little rain fall and lots of very brush in the rural areas.

I live in Santa Clarita which is VERY near the Canyon Country fire. The sky is black with smoke, the hills to the north are now ringed with flame and emergency vehicles - LA County Sherrifs, CA Highway Patrol, LA County Fire Dept., State Division of Foresty etc. The smoke filters the sun so there is a wierd orange glow.

This is a fairly normal event in Southern California. Summer dies hard here. In the fall - September and October are our hottest months. We alsohave high winds that are born in the desert areas and usually blow from the north east. they then slam into the mountain ranges and pick up speed as they howl through the canyons. If a fire starts in the dry brush, the winds fan it to unbelievable proportions and sheer walls of flame march inexorably in a south west direction until stopped, usually by the wind dying down. these winds are called Santa Anas.

the Lindens are in no danger from this whatsoever.

I should be ok since the leading edge of the Canyon Country fire is now Northwest of me. Unless a new fire starts to the north east or the wind changes direction to blow from the North west, rather than thenorth east [unlikely] I will be fine. Its exciting and my son's school is closed today [MUCH to his delight!] but we're inno immediate danger.

Southern California has four seasons - fire, flood, earthquake and riot.

Sooz

I may have sounded a little self interested in my original post but I hope California and its residents pull through okay.

Ca seems one fantastic place to be and I genuinely hope everything is okay for everyone there. Fire is such a devastating thing .

I believe the Co-Lo is in Texas.

We're mostly okay, although yes the burn smell and the coughing is awful, and I've seen a 4 inch thick steel beam bent like a pretzel this morning in the wind.

It had some canvas awning attached to it... steel was nothing compared to the wind force.

The sky is brown (I'm near enough to the OC fire).

No, but if you want something to worry about, we're in one of the most active earthquake zones in the world and are about 10 years overdue for "the Big One".

thats all san andreas fault

Actually we had a very dry winter last year, and a hot dry summer this year. We do have a lot of woods and grasslands in the Bay Area that are major fire hazards, but fortunately the co-lo is in the middle-ish of the city, nowhere near any wild areas. And we don't have the "Santa Anas", the hot dry winds from the east that make the southern California wildfires so bad.

But most people I know here up north have friends, family, and colleagues down south. We are pretty worried about them, and are hoping for the best.


Strangely, very few of our Bay Area quakes come from the San Andreas. It's saving it all up for one big blow out!

For those who are interested, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has an email alert service that will notify you about all quakes 3.0 and over for a given area (in my case, northern California). It's pretty fascinating for those of us who are into that sort of thing. IM me if you'd like to learn how to get these yourself.

Other than newcomers, no one in SoCal pays any attention whatsoever to earhquakes under about 4.0. You usually dont even feel them unless you're right on top of them.

Sooz

Do mud slides fall under flood, or is that a different part of California? Not exactly sure of the correct terminology. The time when houses built on hills suddenly find that they are built on mud and slide off said hill.

...we are in the most severe drought we've seen in over a century. We are not far behind the predicament of Atlanta, who will soon be forming a bucket brigade from Tennessee in order to obtain tooth-brushing water.

classic flood season. for some reason, a wet winter often follows a bad fire season. With allthe brush burned off, the floods come, mudslides happen and hillside houses head for the bottom.

Sooz

Same here.

I think a lot of the misconceptions about quake size stem from the logarithmic nature of the Richter Scale (4.0 is 10 times stronger than 3.0). The 7.1-ish 1989 Loma Prieta quake that collapsed freeway sections and part of a bridge was about 10,000 times stronger than the 3.x's that happen several times a week.

If anyone from outside California asked, I was going to make a point of telling them that anything under a 6 is not worth getting worked up about as it surely wouldn't affect the co-lo unless the epicenter was directly under it.

But enough science... back to worrying about friends.

My six year old cried when he heard the house shaped like a castle burned down in Malibu. Sweet little guy.

Sinuses are hating life today here in West LA.

there is always fires in southern CA, thats why i LOVE nebraska, we get no wildfires ever!

Awwwwww!! My 8 yr old was in a FEVER pitch of excitement watching the emergency vehicles careen around town. We have two trees blown down in our complex and he and his friends have already made a fort of one of them. His school is closed for the day so he is probably thinking that starting a fire would be an excellent way to get a mental health day off from the rigours of third grade.

Best regards and well wishes to all you over there at this time. Love from UK.

Just wanted to say .... anyone out there in the affected area... good luck and be safe!

This is all very reminiscent of the firestorms of 2003. Timing is pretty creepy too. Lake Arrowhead is on fire, and another big burn in the Green Valley Lake area.. dozens of homes lost and more becoming involved. Resources spread paper thin - our personnel are pretty much on their own for the next 12 to 24 hours while contracts are activated and air support is provisioned.. Not that they can fly right now with the winds.

Oh, the joy of living in the Southern California mountains :/

Live relatively close to Lake Arrowhead - news is saying that about 200 structures lost - fire crews and water dropping planes cannot get to the fires because of the incredible Santa Ana winds going on right now - smoke and ash is everywhere and the sun has a erie red tint to it - actually one of my friends pointed out that the sky looks like Second Life Sky. The winds are feeding the fires and are not expected to let up until Wendesday - everyone pray that we are not in for another firestorm like in 2003.

On way to work this morning actually had a power line snap and come down and hit my windshield - not electrical or any other kind of damage to car though so consider myself lucky now if I can just avoid all the Palm Tree branches on the freeway on the way home.

Also so sorry to all my Malibu neighbors and the loss of the Castle house and Presbeyterian church - hang in there folks. San Diego and Canyon Country residents also - be careful and stay safe.