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Message 119458 - Posted: 20 Jun 2026, 5:20:03 UTC - in response to Message 119444.  

In reply to Grant (SSSF)'s message of 19 Jun 2026:
In reply to Gary Charpentier's message of 18 Jun 2026:
Well, now that the excitement has abated, I google map measured it as less than one km from where my transportation was parked at work to the fire. It still stinks.
Just a bit close IMHO.

It isn't out yet, they had to call the helicopters back to drop more water on the building.
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Message 119463 - Posted: 21 Jun 2026, 6:33:25 UTC - in response to Message 119458.  

They are ripping the side off the building now. This will still be burning for a couple more days.
Cardboard boxes on wood pallets full of fat flesh will burn for a long time. They you get the biologic hazard to clean up. I was recently reading some history of the cleanup necessary of the hulls of the ships after Pearl Harbor as they were brought back into operation. Very hard messy work cleaning the ships stores.
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Message 119465 - Posted: 21 Jun 2026, 13:41:24 UTC - in response to Message 119463.  

Downwind people will find a lot of glass shards from those solar panels. Also quite hazardous.
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Message 119466 - Posted: 21 Jun 2026, 22:11:00 UTC

Well Los Angeles being in a basin, it has filled up, just like it did in the 50's and 60's before the pollution controls. First time in decades I couldn't see the mountains (3/4 mile) from my abode this morning. Teaches the newcomers just what is used to be like and why we pay more for clean gasoline in California.

Now I hope they can get wet stuff on the red stuff and put that damn thing out!
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Message 119476 - Posted: 24 Jun 2026, 3:51:53 UTC - in response to Message 119466.  

Well, first the instant news, we are getting some summer showers. Hope they build up enough to wash the smoke out. Now for the bad news, similar fire in another state a couple years ago took 8 weeks to put out.
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Message 119478 - Posted: 24 Jun 2026, 8:34:17 UTC

Surprised to find out link on reminder to get gas boiler serviced was legit. Found out by phoning the engineer via number already on my phone as email came from a certificate app that he uses to remind people when it is due rather than his own email. I might have trusted it had it come from his email.
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