Sep 14 2009

Twitter captures firetruck stuck in sinkhole

In a departure from my usually lighthearted fare, a firetruck found itself stuck in a Valley Village sinkhole last week. As The L.A. Times blogged about the incident, Violet Skyye tweeted pictures from the scene. In my other blog, I ask journalists if they would have retweeted this picture.

@Violetskyye: This is what I woke up to in front of my house this morning. (Sep 8, 9:33am)

@Violetskyye: These are my nosy neighbors. My house in in the roped area. (Sep 8, 9:37am)

@Violetskyye: Here's another angle of the sunken truck. I guess I'm stuck here today. (Sep 8, 9:54am)

@Violetskyye: Now, I'm blocked in by news vans. (Sep 8, 10:57am)

@Violetskyye: Uh-oh!!! My patio is not looking so good now. This can't be good. (Sep 8, 11:00am)

@Violetskyye: I know, I'm going out front to find someone in authority. I guess I've been delaying, because I don't feel li ... (Sep 8, 11:10am)

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Sep 10 2009

Station Fire clouds tweeted from Lake Elsinore

As the Station Fire rages on, people continue to share images of smoke plumes spotted as far away as Gavilan Hills in Lake Elsinore. For photographs taken by professional journalists, don’t miss the wildfires gallery on Boston.com. If your in O.C., you might want to check out the Orange County Register’s (shameless plug) slideshows of OCFA firefighters battling the fire or displaced dogs taken in by the Irvine Animal Care Center.

SEAL BEACH
@iDuano: A little late, but an image of the amazing pyro-cumulus cloud created by the Station Fire a few days ago... (Sep 3, 9:15am)

PASADENA
@minimalist: Station Fire alive and well, far from public view: sat img: #stationfire (Sep 6, 1:43am)

LOS ANGELES
@AngieCrouch: Station Fire destroyed homes in Big Tujunga Canyon (Sep 8, 10:42am)

PORTER RANCH
@Budgie58: It ain't over 'Twitterfriends'! The 'Station Fire' has just found new fuel, 'Lots' of it!! (Sep 4, 4:30pm)

LOS ANGELES
@JohnAmussen: The California station fire (and smoke plume) from space. Source: http://bit.ly/bxKh4 (Sep 3, 10:56am)

PASADENA
@sallyfalkow: Sun seen through the smoke of the station fire in Pasadena (Sep 3, 2:00pm)

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