The is their first drive up the Angeles Crest Highway by Hal and Susan McAlister on 3 Sep 09 to join staff at the Mount Wilson Observatory. We were escorted by LA County Sheriff’s deputies. We were stunned by what we saw and inattentive to keeping the little Video flip camera stable and accurately pointed. The devastation speaks for itself.
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March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
There needs to be …
There needs to be an investigation into the Forest Services response to this fire. There needs to be a full accountability for all involved in starting this fire and letting it burn out of control. Thousands of acres of public property are virtually unusable to us for a decade or more.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
fck!
fck!
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
That is not true of …
That is not true of California. Due to the adaptation of the fire department, natural fires have been happening less and less frequently. They are almost completely controlled. This causes more and more build up of debris, making the fires that are triggered by arson even more intense and devastating. Natural fires should happen within more than 10 year intervals, nature controls it very well and we have altered the pattern that it had set for the area we live in.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
it is true that …
it is true that chaparral is renewed by occasional fire but due to arsonists and invasive plants, fires are happening far more often than they naturally would in many areas. The 40 year old vegetation that burned will come back just fine, but in areas that have already burned in the last 10 years, native vegetation will be killed off and shallow-rooted invasive weeds will take over, which is a shame.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
im in a way glad it …
im in a way glad it burned … its part of nature… it helps the vegetation renew it self
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Watch my vids
Watch my vids
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Bull crap
Bull crap
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Buckhorn Campground …
Buckhorn Campground is good.
Much of this area will come back in a few years, but it is ugly for now.
Despite this being arson caused, smokers need to use their ashtrays, campers need to be more careful, and arsonists need to be monitored like sex offenders.
Wildfires are extremely destructive and costly.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
I was hoping to …
I was hoping to travel the entire Angeles Crest Highway from its start in La Canada Flintridge. I only managed to get up to just before CA 39, which is also closed just past the reservoir. I have a couple videos from my own travels up the road on my account.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
This is so sad
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Some of my first memories of LA were up in them mountains. Does anyone know if Buckhorn camp ground survived? I filmed a comedy sketch up there as well last year. You can see some of the forest before the fires. The vids are on my wifes channel AleishaR Man V’s WIld
This is so sad
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
yes I agree with …
yes I agree with you that fires happen every year in Los Angeles, but there was vegetation up here that hadn’t burned for over 40 years! But your right we have fires in LA every year from August to October, whether its by Santa Anna winds and the heat or some freaken douchebag!
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
What happened? I …
What happened? I heard the mountain had a large mudslide! Do u think this could happen this winter!? This can be bad for la canada la crescenta tujunga and sunland!
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Holy cow I’m …
Holy cow I’m getting car sick……..
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
i used to ride up …
i used to ride up there every day, its just not the same
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
so sad, angeles …
so sad, angeles crest will never be the same
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
@itstristanyo : I …
@itstristanyo : I agree with your sentiment, however the teen in question is believed to be responsible for the Morris Fire, which is at a different location (see: bit . ly / 12SEke and bit . ly / KULh0 )
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
for those who are …
for those who are wondering, a map of the area filmed here is at bit . ly / 5X57E (if you zoom in you can see the power lines they pass under). Also, bit . ly / 39HF7R is a satellite view of the area that’s burned so far. What we see in this video is just a small part of some truly massive devastation.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Eerie.
Eerie.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
spent some peaceful …
spent some peaceful days in these mountains.
a shame it is =(
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
What a shame. …
What a shame. Some dumbass teen who thinks it would be hilarious to light a forest on fire destroys the natural beauty surrounding LA. Both summer and winter drives used to be amazing since we residents of LA didn’t have to drive very far to get to a forest. And they had just reopened the highway near Wrightwood a few months ago.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
As a public service …
As a public service, they should send the Google Maps imaging vans up there to document all this and let people see the situation, since you cannot drive up there any more.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
At least it is …
At least it is mostly landscape w/o houses, instead of all the melted houses we had to deal with up here in Santa Barbara.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
I remember the mud …
I remember the mud of 1969, and I don’t look forward to this Winter.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
i see this everyday …
i see this everyday.
its awful
March 24th, 2010 at 3:43 am
As an over-the-road …
As an over-the-road truck driver. I have informed all team drivers who ride with me that they are not to throw their cigaretts out of the window. If caught throwing lit cigaretts out of the window, they will be reported.
The past four weeks I have been routed to the southen part of California, and only witnessed the devastation to the forest from watchng this video. It saddens me that someone could be so careless.