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I love the sound of this. I think it'll be hilarious to see kids being forced to square off against a War Games computer every time they want to go somewhere. Didn't make the high score? The car's taking you to Boise! Wanna go to Starbucks? Fat chance, gotta beat the Parnelli Jones boss at his own game! Why didn't you go to school today, Junior? I was driving there, but I couldn't get the Star Power 4x multiplier at 48,375 points and the car sent me the wrong way down an on-ramp! #conceptcars
11/10/09
"Oh, that's simple! Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Up and then Down. Easy!" #conceptcars
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08/31/09
I went out last night hunting for some shots of the fire. I found this. The edge of the flame is about 7 miles from my house.
08/31/09
I'm on my way to my desk job in my typical yuppie garb, thinking about what meetings I have today.
...meanwhile it's like a very foggy coastal morning. Except it's not fog. Even with the AC on recirculate, the smoke smell comes in. 50% of the slow-lane traffic is fire trucks from all over the state, and as I pass the Osborne exit, 6 LA Sheriff cruisers blow by me, each full of 5 deputies.
They're obviously not reading this, but I really want to say thanks to all those hard working men and women who put their asses on the line so I have the opportunity to come to work and drink coffee.
Good luck, guys.
08/31/09
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08/31/09
My family just got hit with a mandatory evacuation notice late last night/early this morning.
Having seen those flames from a slight distance, we are praying like hell for the guys that have to meet them up close.
I'm sad to say that I believe there have already been two firefighter fatalities.
08/31/09
My thoughts are with you.
08/31/09
Are they way up in the hills or down in town?
Seems like most of La Canada is gonna safe. Smokey, but safe.
Hope/pray for the best.
08/31/09
Not fun.
08/31/09
The deaths are tragic... I truly admire those who rush into the flames while the rest of us run away. My best to their families.
08/31/09
08/31/09
I hope only the best for those with homes in the path of the fires. Good luck to those fighting them! I hope it becomes a winning battle soon!
Save the driving roads!
08/31/09
What roads did you hit yesterday? The one thing I really miss about the Bay Area is San Antonio Valley Rd., which is a continuation of Mt. Hamilton pass the observatory. One of the best roads I've driven anywhere. Going northbound on that road you can then turn right when you reach the intersection of Del Puerto Canyon. 50 miles of heaven.
Pescadero Creek Rd. is pretty good too. It's kind of sad when you start to pick where you want to live based on the quality of their mountain roads. That's when you know you're addicted. It's like choosing an area based on the prevalence of crack dealers, except different...
08/31/09
I just love that about this area. I only have to drive about 10-15 mins to get to some of the best roads most people have ever seen. There is a network of backroads that a lot of people don't even know about, much less travel. No cops either...
08/31/09
Scary Stuff
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That, and the LA:Now blog from the LAT has been really helpful. Basically they post every bit of news as soon as they can verify it.
08/31/09
I hope everything goes well for them out in California. I've known several people who have lost their homes and more to wildfires, so I hope they can keep things under control out there.
08/31/09
If this keeps going the way it is, a lot of us are going to lose our homes.
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08/31/09
The fire is still burning with little to no containment, and the air quality is pretty damn bad. Imagine a sitting around a campfire with a bunch of your buddies just chilling and having a good time.
Well, in Soviet California, the campfire sits around you and your buddies and makes for a warm, but oddly uncomfortable time as you see your homes in the path of a steadily-moving wall of 80-foot flames.
In case those of you in other areas of the nation didn't already know, there's a good reason to keep up-to-date on your house insurance.
Welcome to La Canada/Flintridge, currently known simply as "Hell".
08/31/09
Damn....remind me not to bitch this winter when we have a few feet of snow in Wisconsin.
Stay safe, hope you come out of it unburnt.
08/31/09
Good thing you swapped out those plastic body pannels for the asbestos ones last week.
08/31/09
By the way, I remember a year when I was young where the fires were so bad you'd look at the San Gabriels at night and there would be sections of fire on the mountains that were easily visible from the San Gabriel valley. That gave a distinct impression that you were in some surreal hell and all your exits were blocked by fire. Is it like that at the moment?
08/31/09
My family lives in La Canada, and I spent the weekend up there helping them pack up and make the house as safe as possible. They are now on their way down to my apartment in Long Beach.
It's a surreal, frightening thing to see a house that you spent a fair deal of your life in, and that your family still lives in, not more than a mile away from the fire.
08/31/09
Still, fire or no fire I'd rather be in LA than Boston. As it is, it looks like I'm going to extend this contract for the time being. The pay is just too good and I'm stockpiling money for when I go off to law school.
08/31/09
On the brightside, the neighborhood was untouched by the fire. It literally caressed the walls and moved on. I wish your family good luck!
08/31/09
08/31/09
@MrBangBam: It wasn't quite so bad as your friend was describing; there aren't a whole lot of winds, oddly enough for this time of year, and my family started packing as soon as the voluntary evacuation was released, and as soon as it became mandatory, they were ready to get in the car and go immediately.
08/31/09
To get this back on topic, the same mountains that allow LA to have such wonderful, spectacular, driving roads also makes it hell on fighting the fires. It's hard enough hiking in those mountains when conditions are perfect, do be fighting fires on them must take some incredible skill.
It's going to be weird next time I drive through those roads and the landscape is all charred. I probably won't be able to see it this trip, but for my trip in October I'm bracing for some really blackened scenery.
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If they are lucky the Hurricane will take care of the Fires.
Which is like having a mouse problem so you get cats. Then having a cat problem so you get dogs. Then having a dog problem so you get Alligators. Then having a Gator problem so you get hand grenades.
So with that thinking a Earth Quake should rock the West coast just after the Hurricane comes in.
08/31/09
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Funny, when was the last time you saw criminals and gangbangers lining up at the Police dept's "buy back" to hand in their weapons?
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