Hello Friends of the Mountain,

This week has been historical for Southern
California and Palomar Mountain.

As many of you know, we lost our home on
South Grade Road. Thank you all for your
kind words and support during this time.
Our hearts go out to the residents of the
more than 20 other homes that were lost on
the mountain.

We would like to send our our deepest
gratitude our Volunteer Fire Fighters for
saving Crestline, Birch Hill, Bailey Meadow
Road, the Palomar Mountain Lodge, and the
Observatory.What treasures they are to all
of us.

My words cannot fully express the gratitude
I  feel toward the volunteers. As one other
resident said:
"100% volunteer, 100% heroes"
Palomar Mountain Fire 2007
300 Passenger Cal Fire plane used to drop water on Palomar Mountain
Check out the details: www.vectorsite.net/ avmars.html
Below are articles written about the fire:
'Shock and awe' assault on Poomacha fire
by Greg Gross UNION-TRIBUNE
BREAKING NEWS TEAM
9:40 a.m. October 29th, 2007

Fire seen as beneficial for mountain's
ecology
By Terry Rodgers  UNION-TRIBUNE
STAFF WRITER
October 26, 2007

Firefighters pounce on Poomacha fire;
officials offer aid to victims
By Dave Downey - NORTH COUNTY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
October 26, 2007

Poomacha fire remains active
By Edward Sifuentes - NORTH COUNTY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
October 26,  3:49 PM PDT

Volunteer firefighters save mountaintop
By J. Harry Jones UNION-TRIBUNE
STAFF WRITER
October 25, 2007

Firefighters making stand high up Palomar
Mountain
By Linda Lou  UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF
WRITER
8:26 p.m. October 23, 2007

Two fires expected to merge in North
County
By Edward Sifuentes and Paul Sisson-
NORTH COUNTY TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:24 PM PDT

Fire damage severe, but worst may be over
By Pauline Repard, Jeanette Steele and
Lisa Petrillo
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
9:34 p.m. October 23, 2007
More News:
Cal Tech website for the Poomacha Fire on
Palomar Mountain
www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/fire/

Video of the mountain during the fire
including saving the Courtney's house!

Video: Palomar Residents help feed hungry
firefighters

Crystal Wells of Cuca Ranch praises the
Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire
Department... "Many homes were saved by
using the Barricade Gel. Thank you to the
Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire
Department for providing local residents
with the training to use Barricade on our
homes!"
www.barricadegel.com