Southern California
Wildfires and Mudslides
Back in late October 2003, high temperatures, low humidity, and fierce Santa Anna winds fueled fires in Southern California. Now the lack of vegetation in these areas has led to another deadly problem - mudslides.
Two massive Christmas Day mudslides in the San Bernardino Mountains killed several people at:
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Saint Sophia Campground (34.211 N, 117.284 W), and
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the KOA in Devore (34.219 N, 117.395 W)
Earlier in the year, the LA Times reported more than 20 deaths, 3,570 homes destroyed and over 750,000 acres torched. Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties were all declared disaster areas. The amount of destruction and the cost of fighting the fire exceeds that of the Oakland Hills fire in October 1991.
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Screen shot of
DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2003
GPS Map
File Name: socal_fires.dmt
File Size: 14 KB
Revised: 28 October 2003
Class B2 Data
References
Damaged areas were determined, best as possible form from descriptions and illustrations found from various internet resources, most notably The L. A. Times.
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These folks did a much better job documenting the fires:
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