LA FIRE - I can see the smoke from my window!

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I was looking at the news and heard how close and big it was. I took a peek out the window and there it was! A glowing pink cloud not too far in the distance.

Hope everyone stays safe and their houses spared.

The lens is at a 140mm equivalent. I think it must be about 10 - 15 miles away.

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Hope things are safe with you. Nothing where I am in Santa Monica, nothing happens over here really, how can it? The town is only 9 square miles, lol.
 
Our set (in Valencia) was shut down, so we can't shoot today. Unfortunately this was supposed to be our wrap day! The drive up there, before the police turned us back, was just this enormous gray cloud. You could see the flames up all over the hills. Not big, but several fires burning miles apart from each other. And there was a stretch on the 118 where the smoke brought visibility down to 10-20 feet. Yesterday we faced huge winds all day that knocked over light stands, destroyed tents, kicked up constant sand... it was a bad scene. Fortunately props had a large supply of safety glasses handy so most everyone on the crew got some of those. I had my Wiley-Xs... I knew I strapped those to my bag for a reason!

Sounds like lots of people are losing their homes and businesses – more than any fire in the recent past. Awful.

I'm hopeful that this will be under control by tomorrow, otherwise this could end up costing us tens of thousands of dollars (more than it already has). I've been trying to get a hold of our insurance reps and our attorney since 7am... why is it these things always happen when everyone normal is asleep?
 
"The lens is at a 140mm equivalent. I think it must be about 10 - 15 miles away"-USLatin

This is another example for the thread "You might be a filmmaker if....."

.......you estimate distances based on your lens focal length.

Sorry to hear about that, Doug. Here's hoping for a quick knock down. Is your location involved or just closed off for safety reasons?
 
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I believe it's fine from the fires. It's probably suffered some wind damage. We couldn't shoot because the authorities won't let us get to it. The handful of crewpeople who weren't coming from the south were able to get there early this morning. Oh well. Seems like they're containing it pretty well, maybe we'll be back in business by tomorrow!
 
i read it could cut off power to LA. that would suck. good luck to everyone out there.
 
I am surrounded by fire here in yorba linda. I filmed a bit just for kicks, the helis were fun to watch. Hope it doesnt get any closer!
 
I could see the San Luis Obispo fires (about 30 miles away) as wisps in the distance, though that one's under control. Next closest to me is the Santa Barbara/Mendocino fire about 100 miles away. On the other hand, we were just in Pasadena last weekend, so we barely got home before the roads were closed.

To those south of me and stuck in the worst of the LA en fuego, stay safe and don't tempt the evac orders if they come. Get out - better safe than sorry. If you need somewhere to go, I know some hotels here in Paso Robles. Send me a PM and turn it into a wine tasting vacation. :P

-Jeff
 
Yeah visibility is reduced even down here in downtown and Hollywood. And it looks like crazy orange death in the sky.
 
This time the smoke is lit by the sun setting,and not the flames. It was a bit early and then when I was messing with it in PS I missed the sun. But since I bracketed it I was able to pull out a lot of the detail and exaggerate it to make it visible. White smoke is a good thing... as it means the fires are out. Black smoke is the bad sign that things are still burning... that's what I heard on the news.

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Spent 3 hours at the Yorba Linda/Chino Hills fire (East flank) getting footage of airdrops, flames and such today. Hopefully I got some good stuff. Will post.
 
Coming North off of the 405 had an intense scene of smoke in the distance. I live in Reseda/Tarzana area, and breathing was horrible. Like being stuck in a camp fire. :(
 
Just got back from round two. Wanted to see how my HVX worked with fire at night. Amazing footage! I knew some of the Firefighters and got to set up at a front staging area off the 71. Flames came down to about 300 yds from me. Got a bit warm, too. Thank God, I had my Nomex jacket with me.

The HVX doesn't do well at night, except when filming a brush fire. Wow!
 
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