What with some active fire still happening in Crab Flats (the Old Fire info site reports active fire in Crab Flats last night), it's not totally over. (Crab flats is not far from Green Valley Lake where our family cabin is) Doing a quick skim of the message boards. Discussion of helper volunteers to turn off the water at various places. Glad our family began instituting it as a custom even in summertime.
I was able to get into Green Valley Lake with my brother who is a fireman. This allowed us to get in long enough to drain the pipes and the water heater in our very old cabin. There is no power to the entire community. (Which most of you already know.) It is pretty much a ghost town, except for the firemen that we saw. Observed the helicoptors "sucking" water from Green Valley Lake, but then clowd cover came in and they stopped. As far as we could see, the fire has not reached Green Valley Lake. A very special thanks to my new hero, Rick Mull. Thanks for turning off our water before we got there. Thanks for all of the fire fighters who stood by in the cold to defend our community. And thanks to my little bro, who, after fighting the fires down in San Diego (with a few close calls) managed to get us into GVL so we could winterize, on his much needed day off.
Message from the Depot (storekeeper in Running Springs)
When I came up 18 today there was again major activity as SCE was working diligently to get electricity back. Coming down 330 there must have been 30 SCE trucks as well as several cranes endeavoring to get us back up. Also, my assistant manager in Crestline reported that she has seen several residents of Crestline return to the mountain with an orange 4 hour pass via 138. I had her check with the Sheriff and she was told tentatively that the plan was to open some of the mountain to residents at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. I am attempting to verify.
And from the GVL Fire Department:
From: Green Valley Lake Fire Department
Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2003 09:06 AM
We have driven around a good portion of the community this morning all appears safe and sound at this time, no water leaks that we can tell at this time and no foot prints in the snow :-). Hope you all are very well. See you soon.~All of us at GVL FD
From: Green Valley Lake Fire Department
Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2003 05:44 PM
Hello all
I hope this note finds you all well, as I sit here enjoying one of the very few hot meals we have had in the past week. As to some of the fire issues, no structures have been lost in the GVL coverage area. The rumor about Camp Cedar Crest buring down is also, just a rumor not true. Today actions included strike teams of type 3 engines, cutting hand lines and dozer lines between Green Valley Lake, Trails End, and other areas from the smoldering fire front. Todays weather has aided in the effort and the crew have taken advantage of the weather to get well established lines around the fire.The fire is still moving slowly East, but is only buring the lightest ground fuels. All the containment lines are more than holding the fire from progressing any closer to GVL or Trails End.
As to all the water shut off requests, I have put a call into Rick M. to see how he wants to handle the masses of requests and we will assist as we can with shutting water off as Rick needs us to. Today has been the first full day of rest for the GVL fire crew since the old fire started. And everyone is getting rest, several have gone down the hill to spend the evening with their wives.
We have not recieved any concrete word as to when you can all return home. We have heard everything from 1 to 3-weeks and I cannot comment on that because no date has been set yet.
As far as power being restored, once again we have heard 1 week to 3 weeks. There is no concrete decisions to our knowledge in these two areas.
We hope you will all be able to come home soon, however, I know that the danger must be "completely" gone before you all will be allowed to return.
God bless you all, thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.
~Your Firefighters at Station 129
I'd search for more highlights, but I gotta go help someone get ready for an early am meeting deadline.
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