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 Saturday, July 7, 2007
started 7/7/2007; 12:42:16 PM - last post 7/8/2007; 10:54:10 AM
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Doc Searls - Saturday, July 7, 2007 
7/7/2007; 4:42:16 PM (reads: 7625, responses: 1)
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Santa Barbara smoke-out 
| | INCIDENT UPDATED 7 MINUTES AGO |
| | BULLETIN: THERE IS CURRENTLY A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DRIFT SMOKE FROM THE ZACA FIRE MAKING ITS WAY OVER SANTA BARBARA! |
| | The Forest Service has closed a portion of Los Padres National Forest in the general vicinity of Zaca Fire as a precautionary measure. The closed area includes Figueroa Mtn. area campgrounds, day use areas, recreation residences, and portions of the San Rafael Wilderness. Private land is not affected. Also, Figueroa Mtn. Road from Hwy 154, and Happy Canyon Road at Baseline Road are closed. (See "News" section of this update for more information about this closure). |
| | The fire is a "fuels driven" fire, with persistently hot and dry weather. The fire is burning in steep, rocky and broken terrain. Control of the eastern flank of the fire remains difficult, and the San Rafael Wilderness is still significantly threatened. Control efforts are focused on containing the fire to south of the Sisquoc River, east of Schoolhouse Canyon and north of Figueroa / Catway. Crews are experiencing high heat and low humidity on the fireline, and potential for increased growth and extended duration of wildfire suppression activities does exist. |
| | Right now (10:45pm) I'm uploading pictures of Zaca Fire "drift smoke" spreading south across the Santa Ynez Mountains and over Santa Barbara. "Considerable amounts" indeed. |
| | Okay, they're up now. That's one, above. Click on it, or here, for the whole set. |
Almost working for you
| | Well, Cingular online payments worked, but then SBC bought AT&T, re-badged Cingular as AT&T Wireless and "upgraded" the site. |
| | Now we have "improved" features such as apparent inability to remember customers, at least on the first try. Then assigning decimal points to payments... I tried to "over pay" with entry of $125 but was charged all of $1.25. OK, so I tried to pay-up $15 and wait until next month to load up the account ... nope... |
| | Wonder if they jobbed that out to Washington Mutual. I've been trying since last November to get them to let me manage my bank accounts online. Bottom line: total failure. Even the "supervisor" on the phone gave up, last time I called. |
Zaca Fire growing
| | Forest Closure: The Forest Service has closed a portion of Los Padres National Forest in the general vicinity of the Zaca Fire as a precautionary measure only. We are asking campers, hikers and other recreationists to leave the area. This is not an evacuation. There is no imminent threat. The closed area includes Figueroa Mtn. area campgrounds, day use areas and recreation residences, portions of the San Rafael Wilderness in the Sisquoc and Manzana drainages and the South Fork La Brea area. Private land is not affected. Santa Barbara County also has closed Figueroa Mtn. Road from Hwy 154, and Happy Canyon Road at Baseline Road. |
| | The fire is currently burning in very rugged inaccessible terrain. Significant fire activity occurred late in the afternoon on Friday, July 6, toward the northeast. The fire has now burned into the Los Padres National Forest, burning approximately 100 acres of forest land. The San Rafael Wilderness is threatened. Control efforts are focused on containing the fire to the south of the Sisquoc River, west of the San Rafael Wilderness, and north of Zaca Lake Road. Crews are experiencing high heat and low humidity on the fireline. Significant resources are arriving to combat the fire. |
| | There have been11 injuries, none serious, most have been heat related or muscle strains. |
| | Currently there are 38 hand crews, 6 air tankers, 14 helicopters, 62 engines, 33 dozers, and 9 water tenders. |
| | The Zaca Fire started on Wednesday, July 4, on private land in the Bell Canyon area of Santa Barbara County about 15 miles north east of the community of Buellton. The fire is being managed in a Unified Command with CAL FIRE, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, and the U.S. Forest Service. |
| | For those familiar with the area, this is |
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JTH - Re: Saturday, July 7, 2007
7/8/2007; 2:54:10 PM (reads: 1416, responses: 0)
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Doc:
Thanks on the link
Don't know if you saw another
http://looneydunes.blogspot.com/2006/10/numb-utility-saga-continues.html
Sprint still does this:
"Other : Sprint has the goofiest phone bill pay system.
After you key in the payment and get the "robo-voice" (older and less pleasant than Charter) reading back your Visa information and the question "is this correct?"
Respond in positively and the same voice give you a "confirm" number and asks "is this correct?"
Huh? You just gave me the number "robo-bitch"
Do executives of these companies ever try to use their own systems?"
And now : from WSJournal
"Sprint Drops Clients Over Excessive Inquiries
By SAMAR SRIVASTAVA
July 7, 2007; Page A3
Sprint Nextel Corp. has taken the unusual step of disconnecting customers who call customer service excessively.
The country's third-largest wireless provider, with more than 53 million subscribers, has sent letters to about 1,000 subscribers terminating their contracts, according to Roni Singleton, a company spokeswoman.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118376389957059668.html?mod=home_whats_news_us
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Several years ago, they over billed me more than $1,000 ... which I could not sort out until I dealt with collections.
The hard-asses solved the problem, "customer service" couldn't
Haven't dropped them yet ... current bills average $6-7 per month, guess it's inertia
Other : Nacchio up for sentencing July 27 "Prosecutors Suggest Seven Years"(WSJournal)
Ciao
Chip
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