Threatened by fire! (Julian, California) Photo

Photographer’s Note

"San Diego County spokeswoman Lesley Kirk says the entire town of Julian is threatened by the Witch Fire and now is under mandatory evacuation orders. Water and power in the town are down. The nearest shelter is at Borrego High School on Diegueno Road in Borrego Springs." [32 miles/51 km to northeast.]
(From the San Jose Mercury News, 10/24/2007 02:21:29 AM PDT.)
See also San Diego Fires Interactive Map, updated by KPBS (public radio station).

I'm shocked by the huge dimension of the wildfires in Southern California [click for my previous post]. According to that news, this pretty home and nice woods in Julian may be burned by now (I wish it is not). I hope at least there is nobody injured.
In the center (inland) of San Diego County, Julian is a quaint mountain town, located in a mixed pine-oak woodland at 4,235 ft (1.219 m) above sea level [see map; click at left]. It is famous for its apples and related products, such as pies and cider (I tasted both and enjoyed them). The town had a short-lived gold rush in 1869.
Julian suffered already the destruction of homes during the 2003 Cedar Fire (the firefighter Steven Rucker, 38, died in Julian then).

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stego (22500) 2007-10-25 20:03

Olá Francisco,
Bela casinha, sim senhor e muito bem fotografada (belo POV e cores)! Imagino que a nitidez não está melhor por causa do limite de 200 Kb do TE, porque tudo o resto está excelente, excepto talvez um ligeiro excesso de azul ou, talvez melhor dito, uma temperatura de cor demasiado fria, o que provavelmente até é realista.
Um abraço, José.

plimrn (19856) 2007-10-25 20:19

Ola Franciso,
Very timely post, you sure got around when you were in San Diego. Our friends, the Alaskan salmon fishman & woman, lost their Julien home in 2003. I really hope it doensn't happen again. They winter in SD & fish summers. LeAnne had been fishing summers with her school teacher parents since she was a child. She had her own boat when she met Tim. Since he had his own boat too, they still fish separately. I posted their Alaska house in Wrangell when I first started.
SAA, Pat

manatee (4299) 2007-10-25 23:11

Hola Francisco:
Desafortunadamente parecwe que todoa esta area se quemo, hasta el dia de ayer habia muchas cenizas y hoy calor, espero que todos esto acabe pronto

gezimania (5774) 2007-10-26 6:18

I read the bitter news about this nice location, I'm very afflicted about this, I hope the fire is controled immediately.
The secenery looks wonderful with great contrast.
Selnur

Docarmo (8862) 2007-10-27 18:35

Olá Francisco,
Bela composição com esta casa e seu POV está muito bom!
Gosto também da coloração.
Espero que a situação esteja melhor por lá.
Maria do Carmo

darrasin (2860) 2007-10-28 22:28

Greetings Francisco, I share your sentiments exactly. About a week before the fires, my wife and I with our new son went on our first field trip to Julian to pick some apples. We didn't realize it ahead of time but the season had peaked a couple weeks before. So the apple picking was not great but still fun to get some experience traveling with our son. We hoped that perhaps next year we could back at the right time and do better but this just shows how you never know what the future might bring. A reminder to make the most of things and live in the moment I guess. Thanks for sharing

-Doug

zeca (20026) 2007-10-29 5:15

Oi Francisco!
Quanto tempo! Às vezes a gente se perde por aqui!
Esta situação é realmente lamentável! Mais impressionante ainda é o fato de ser um problema crônico, que destrói a Califórnia constantemente. Sou um fã deste estado maravilhoso, que é cheio de lindas paisagens, tão diversas em sua natureza. Uma casinha como esta é um sonho, mas infelizmente neste momento tornou-se um pesadelo. Gostei da foto, com ótimo enquadramento do entorno.
um abraço,
Zeca

Bluejeans (33391) 2007-10-30 4:13

Oi amigo ,
Que bela casa de madeira muito bonita, envolvida por esta floresta bem verde e uma pequena quando tem fogo pois elas ardem sem ter hipoteses , bom angulo de visão da casa gostei das cores , parabens!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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maloutim (4113) 2009-02-05 17:45

Hola Francisco!
Encontrè este foto en tu "random fotos", y fui atraida por la belleza del ambiente y de la casa que se funde tan bien en ese ambiente!
Desgraciadamente, no esiste mas segùn tu nota muy triste!
Incendios de bosque son un problema real in muchas partes del mundo! Es el caso en Portugal tambien?
Gracias por compartir este foto de una casa bonita que sobrevivirà en tu galerìa a los menos!
Cumprimentos.
Marie Louise.

Amaz (7868) 2009-12-13 10:18

Há de tudo em este mundo, amigo Francisco!!
Bao foto e interessante nota!!

Parabéns mil,

Um abrço forte,