Inland Feeder

Red flag warnings of critical fire weather throughout Southern California. Santa Ana winds expected . Red flag warning beginning tonight and continuing through friday for the mountains and valleys of extreme southwestern California Instruction: A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. Red flag's for the following areas: Santa Clarita valley, Inland Empire, Santa Barbara county mountains, Los Padres National forest,Riverside county valleys, Riverside County mountains- including the San Jancito ranger district of the San Bernadino National forest, San ... Read Full Story

A miner emerges from a 450-foot-long tunnel-boring machine upon breaking through from under the San Bernardino Mountains after drilling a four-mile-long, 19-foot-diameter tunnel that will help improve the importation of water from Northern California for nearly 19 million Southern Californians on August 20, 2008 near San Bernardino, California. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's Arrowhead West Tunnel is the last of three tunnels mined for the Inland Feeder, a high-capacity, gravity-fed water delivery system to carry water between the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains to the Colorado River Aqueduct in Riverside County. The Inland Feeder will be completed in 2010 and provide the ... Read Full Story

Southern California Red Flags until 10:00 pm - Offshore winds and relative humidities below ten percent - Explosive Fire Growth potential. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL WEAKEN WITH LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH...MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING WARMER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING 10 OR MORE HOURS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR INLAND AREAS TODAY WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE INLAND VALLEYS AND ON LOWER COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Inland Feeder". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story