# Fire in Antelope Valley **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212 "2011-09-05T03:04:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/1 "2011-09-05T03:04:41Z")
I step outside my door and on the hills about 7 miles from me I see a pretty big brush fire. It has to be big for me to see it from this distance. It must have started today since it was not there last night. It looks like the fire is in Lancaster but I could be misjudging the distance. Google apparently has not caught wind of it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/2 "2011-09-05T13:27:00Z")
‘You know you’ve been in the Antelope Valley too long when you think of Joshua trees as actual trees.’ ‘You know you’ve been in the Antelope Valley too long when you stop wondering why water flows out of the storm drains at 10th & I.’ 😃 Did they ever get that fixed? I’m not seeing anything for yesterday on a google news search. I’d be interested if you find out anything. Where are you? I used to live near 23rd St W and Ave. L. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/3 "2011-09-05T13:34:05Z")
His (?) profile says Palmdale, so I’m confused. What hills? If it’s north, it would be Rosamond, not Lancaster. [Inciweb](http://inciweb.org/state/5/0/) doesn’t seem to have anything at this time. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/4 "2011-09-05T15:18:22Z")
[small plane crash in Tehachapi](http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-plane-crash-fire-20110905,0,1460208.story) ---
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/5 "2011-09-05T15:49:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘You know you’ve been in the Antelope Valley too long when you think of Joshua trees as actual trees.’ > > ‘You know you’ve been in the Antelope Valley too long when you stop wondering why water flows out of the storm drains at 10th & I.’ 😃 Did they ever get that fixed? > > I’m not seeing anything for yesterday on a google news search. I’d be interested if you find out anything. > > Where are you? I used to live near 23rd St W and Ave. L. I live on Palmdale Blvd and Division St and I could clearly see the flames from my window looking North-North-West. I assumed it was on the hills that were just West of Highway 14 but I did not go check. ---
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/6 "2011-09-05T15:52:12Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > His (?) profile says Palmdale, so I’m confused. What hills? If it’s north, it would be Rosamond, not Lancaster. > > [Inciweb](http://inciweb.org/state/5/0/) doesn’t seem to have anything at this time. I’m pretty sure Lancaster is North of Palmdale. Rosamond is way more North. I have not even been there yet. ---
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/7 "2011-09-05T15:56:07Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > [small plane crash in Tehachapi](http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-plane-crash-fire-20110905,0,1460208.story) If that is what I was looking at then I really misjudged the distance by nearly an order of magnitude. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![EllyaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@EllyaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllyaX)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/8 "2011-09-05T17:35:33Z")
I am shocked there are other antelope valley dopers! I just moved from California City to Edwards. Hi neighbors ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/9 "2011-09-05T19:15:56Z")
> [@EllyaX](#): > > Hi neighbors I’m very well to the north, these days. But hi! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/10 "2011-09-06T04:36:49Z")
Yes, I’m further east now, in Colorado since 1991ish. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-in-antelope-valley/595212/11 "2011-09-06T04:43:40Z")
Dude. I grew up in Rosamond. I know where it is. 😉