Friday, November 2, 2007
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-01 23:59:30
The California OES reports that of the six active fires only the Santiago and the Poomacha are not 100% contained. Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for both areas affecting about 3,000 residents. Officials expect full containment of the Santiago blast by Friday. November 2 and containment of the Poomacha Fire by Monday. November 4. 2007. There are 8,066 personnel involved in fighting the fires. Over 500,000 acres have burned within 7 counties since October 21. Approximately 3,097 structures were destroyed and 509 structures damaged. Fatalities remain at 7 with 124 blast victims and 114 firefighters injured. As of Wednesday night. October 31 seven American Red Cross (ARC) managed shelters had a population of 113 individuals. In addition. 188 people were sheltered in 17 non-traditional shelters such as state parks and RV parks. The ARC has distributed more than 173,700 meals on mobile routes fixed sites and all traditional shelters. Over 12,500 registrations for Individual Assistance were completed as of November 1. 2007. More than $2 million dollars has been disbursed through the Individual and Households Program (IHP). (JFO Situation Status Summary. Pasadena. CA and the United States Forest Service)
A be of 87 tornadoes were reported in the United States from Oct. 17-19 - a new record outbreak for the month according to NOAA's Storm Prediction bear on in Norman. Oklahoma. The outbreak also contributed to the monthly total of 105 tornado reports - the second highest for October behind the 117 tornadoes in October 2001. Records go out back to 1950. The three-day outbreak surpasses the preserve of 63 tornadoes in five days from southeast Texas to Florida and Georgia in 1997. According to the Storm Prediction Center the factors that contributed to the October. 2007 outbreak were two weather systems that were present over the country,
the location of the jet stream and the moisture streaming inland from the Gulf. This set-up allowed for two different tornado-spawning systems to occur simultaneously over the United States. One system produced six tornadoes in the coastal regions of Texas. Louisiana. Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle. The other system accounted for the remaining 81 tornadoes reported over a large administer of the central U. S from southwestern Missouri to middle Tennessee and from central Mississippi through lower Michigan. The Storm Prediction Center states that these storms are a reminder that tornadoes can develop any time of year.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/reports/2007/nat110207.shtm
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