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j0n
05-15-2007, 05:32 PM
If anyone lives in the area of the wildfire please PM me asap...I have a hunting cabin in the area of Lucille's Diner on 539. If anyone can find out if that area is in danger of burning I would appreciate it.

foff667
05-15-2007, 07:41 PM
yeah my mom got stuck in that crap down there...sucks to be her :lol:

j0n
05-15-2007, 08:01 PM
Well this ****ing sucks. According to the news the fire is on both sides of rt 539 in the area of lucilles. There is SO much history contained in that hunting cabin, I really have no idea what we're going to do if it burns :cry:

black34v6
05-15-2007, 08:06 PM
I understand how you are feeling. My family owns a cabin in Lake Arrowhead (Big Bear) area and I'm sure you guys got some wind of all the fires that happend. We were convinced we would lose everything up there -- lots of stuff that my grandmother collected and quilts that she hand made. She has alzhemiers now and if we lost all that stuff it would suck cause we couldnt get it back.

We ALMOST lost the cabin -- came within one block of the cabin on two sides -- jumping tree tops. for some reason the wind changed direction and blew it the other way. I pray that the same happens to you (your place is spared). Honestly I do..and i will keep praying till you tell me that its ok.

Hope everything turns out ok.

trashman01
05-15-2007, 08:09 PM
jon, if u can head up there with a couple trucks and get as much **** as possible. they gotta let u thru to get ur personall belongins

j0n
05-15-2007, 08:10 PM
jon, if u can head up there with a couple trucks and get as much **** as possible. they gotta let u thru to get ur personall belongins

im stuck at work and the state police have all roads leading into the area shut down

Mike
05-15-2007, 08:11 PM
badges get through those shut roads.....

j0n
05-15-2007, 08:26 PM
badges get through those shut roads.....

you willing to take a ride with me?

Mike
05-15-2007, 08:31 PM
depending on when you want to go

j0n
05-15-2007, 08:34 PM
i cant leave here until 11

Mike
05-15-2007, 08:38 PM
i gotta be up early to take my mom to the doctors so tonights probably no good, and if its in the area tomorow it might be to close for anyone to get in....

see if you can call the nearest trooper barraks to there and find out what they will tell ya.

trashman01
05-15-2007, 08:39 PM
yea jon, i forgot, u got some pull give them a call, tell them ur status and they MIGHT send a guy up there for u

j0n
05-15-2007, 08:40 PM
good idea...i really appreciate the offer though man

Mike
05-15-2007, 08:42 PM
yeah if you call from work it will show up on their caller id.....they will help you out if they dont have all hands out on the roads

Bandit
05-15-2007, 09:32 PM
Doesn't look good in the rt 72 area now, they are evacing people from homes now.

BonzoHansen
05-15-2007, 09:50 PM
jon, if you guys do a run down there tomorrow night, me & my truck can help. I hope everything works out.

j0n
05-15-2007, 10:17 PM
Right now im gunna just sit tight and hit the sack. Tomorrow morning I'm gunna make some phone calls and if the roads are open I'll head down and see what the deal is. I appreciate the offer though

Knipps
05-15-2007, 10:20 PM
good luck, j0n
hopefully everything turns out okay
worse case scenario and the cabin goes down i hope you can atleast save the stuff inside

BonzoHansen
05-15-2007, 10:25 PM
Right now im gunna just sit tight and hit the sack. Tomorrow morning I'm gunna make some phone calls and if the roads are open I'll head down and see what the deal is. I appreciate the offer though

I'm home by 515. But I might be able to bail a bit earlier if need be.

j0n
05-15-2007, 10:26 PM
Thanks bro but I've got to go to work tomorrow at 3, so if anything I'll be making the trip tomorrow morning.

Brando56894
05-15-2007, 11:34 PM
my mom just told me about this at like 8pm wheres the fire actually at? hope everything turns out alright for you bro

bandit88
05-16-2007, 05:57 AM
i live about 3 miles from where 539 is closed...... I wished i got to you sooner..... If you need anything just PM

:cry:

Tru2Chevy
05-16-2007, 12:57 PM
Have you heard anything or had a chance to make it down there j0n?

- Justin

j0n
05-16-2007, 01:13 PM
didnt have the oppurtunity to make it down today...but from what i've been hearing it seems like it missed us

Tru2Chevy
05-16-2007, 01:16 PM
didnt have the oppurtunity to make it down today...but from what i've been hearing it seems like it missed us

Well that's good news at least.

- Justin

baddest434
05-16-2007, 02:30 PM
didnt have the oppurtunity to make it down today...but from what i've been hearing it seems like it missed us

definately good news for you.least i hope so

Bandit
05-16-2007, 02:52 PM
Good news jon, seems they have shut down the Parkway for good between exit 58 - 63 and on and off between AC and Toms River. Going east -west rt 72 and 539 are closed and rt 9 is a stand still right now.

More people are being evaced out and the back fires have blazed up because of the wind.

BonzoHansen
05-16-2007, 02:55 PM
didnt have the oppurtunity to make it down today...but from what i've been hearing it seems like it missed us

Good news is this rain might help.

Tru2Chevy
05-16-2007, 02:59 PM
Yea, just started pouring on this side of the state - hopefully it will make it's way across pretty quickly and help slow things way down.

- Justin

bandit88
05-16-2007, 09:55 PM
the roads are still crazy down here.... as soon as they open everything back up i'll take pictures of the damage

Teds89IROC
05-16-2007, 11:41 PM
crazy stuff, my shore house is in manahawkin and we ride dirtbikes all through the pine barrens where it's all on fire. I think they said a spark from a fighter jet practicing over there is what caused it.

j0n
05-16-2007, 11:57 PM
crazy stuff, my shore house is in manahawkin and we ride dirtbikes all through the pine barrens where it's all on fire. I think they said a spark from a fighter jet practicing over there is what caused it.

The fighter jet let off flares(the kind that divert missles away from the heat signature of the jet's engines) and one of em didn't go out before it hit the ground and started the fire

BonzoHansen
05-17-2007, 08:09 AM
The fighter jet let off flares(the kind that divert missles away from the heat signature of the jet's engines) and one of em didn't go out before it hit the ground and started the fire

And not the 1st time they have done it. I'm guessing this time they might catch some flack.

Knipps
05-17-2007, 02:18 PM
The fighter jet let off flares(the kind that divert missles away from the heat signature of the jet's engines) and one of em didn't go out before it hit the ground and started the fire

And not the 1st time they have done it. I'm guessing this time they might catch some flack.

flying too low?

BonzoHansen
05-17-2007, 02:23 PM
flying too low?

No, they drop flares from the planes.

Knipps
05-17-2007, 02:26 PM
No, they drop flares from the planes.

yes, but if the flares didn't go out before they hit the ground you'd think it would be a possibility

BonzoHansen
05-17-2007, 02:27 PM
Oh, I misunderstood the question. Maybe. Why they need to use live flares for an exercise seems nuts, considering the local environment.

bandit88
05-20-2007, 05:57 AM
here lucilles right after 539 was reopened

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/transamgodess83/DCP_2125.jpg

j0n
05-20-2007, 07:13 AM
here lucilles right after 539 was reopened

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/transamgodess83/DCP_2125.jpg

:mrgreen:

you just made my morning...any idea how close the fire got to that area? Our house is on the street directly across from Lucilles

bandit88
05-20-2007, 08:25 AM
:mrgreen:

you just made my morning...any idea how close the fire got to that area? Our house is on the street directly across from Lucilles

they had the fire about half a mile out but it looked more like controlled burining than anything.....
i'm not down playing it on the way to warren grove the scrubby pines hit hard and you can see where it jumped 539

bandit88
05-20-2007, 08:31 AM
five minutes away .......

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/transamgodess83/DCP_2129.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/transamgodess83/DCP_2128.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/transamgodess83/DCP_2131.jpg

they are not the best pictures.... sorry

Teds89IROC
05-20-2007, 11:42 AM
I remember when the pine barrens were on fire years ago, it's gonna take awhile for them to grow back again