[UPDATE]
VEGETATION FIRE in CRESTLINE
Units On Scene Reporting A 10-15 Acre Vegetation Fire. CRITICAL Rate Of Spread Burning In Light Grasses And Heavy Brush. Request IMMEDIATE Evacuation Of The Lake Silverwood Area. Fire Burning On Both Sides Of The 138. Need Closures SR173 And SR138. Potential For 1000 Acres.
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[UPDATE]
VEGETATION FIRE in CRESTLINE
Confirmed Fairly Large Vegetation Fire. Large Column Of Smoke Visible On AWF Cams. County Fire, USFS, CalFire Full Agency Response.
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[CHP DISPATCH] HESPERIA - REPORTED FIRE SR138 / CLEGHORN RD 3:53PM [8] 101-12 VISUAL OF LARGE FIRE STARTING --- LARGE PLUM OF SMOKE ON THE SOUTH END OF SILVERWOOD -- REQUEST INQUIRE IF STATE PARKS HAS INFO
3:53PM [6] FIRE ADVISE EN ROUTE VIA LL I/C
3:53PM [4] BRUSH FIRE / NEWW START UPDATES: [Click Here]

is there an autocross in big bear today?

Thanks for the update HIB I need to get one

holeinbow, I have also seen good reviews on that Harbor Freight Predator 2000w generator. That seems to be a good choice.
It is great to be prepared ahead of time.
When the January fires were going on around Los Angeles, We were down the hill, and those Predator generators were flying off the shelves.

Well, i started up the harbor freight generator, after 2 slow priming pulls per the manual, it started right up on the third pull. Nice and quiet. My other one sounds like a loud lawnmower, the new one is 1/4 as loud, its really nice, box says 63 decibels. I had to remove the side panel to access the oil fill port, filling it up needs a funnel or a tube on the oil bottle. They included everything but a funnel.

McToddy,
When I purchased my WEN generator, I considered the same model with an electric start. It's $647, about $75 more than I paid ($575) for the pull-start model. As a bonus, it also includes a CO shutdown sensor technology.
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There's also a dual fuel model which is more like $750.
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I don’t know about the rest of you but I get PTSD now when any winds pick up. 🫤

Do bicyclists ever follow the laws of the road?

Is there a cycling event going on today? A group of about 100+ cyclists just tore through the Pine Knott/BB Blvd intersection acting like traffic laws didn't apply to them.

Thank you for the birthday wishes! Always glad to have made it another year. Sure beats the alternative 😂.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Sugarplum
MrsBearendipity
Have a great day from all of us at SCM!

It seems that public roads and utilities folk who are tasked with pole work, signage, etc, need to attend a course in using 7 year old common sense.

When utility line guys came and did oine work on our street, the geniuses decided to put a major pole wire stay support line down from pole top to a giant deadeye anchor in the ground. Only problem is, they drilled the deadeye right into the dead center of our driveway and hooked up the stay wire. It literally got installed into the ground behond our cars, permanently blocking our cars in so we couldnt get out. What idiot does this?

Tctahoe, yes it is the quiet one, how quiet I don't know as I haven't started it yet. Couple interesting points are you must use fuel stabilizer or warranty is void. You also need to purchase 10-30 oil and put it in before starting, or else... I'll probably get to starting it up tomorrow...