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Tiger Woods sleeps with multiple women who aren't Elin Nordegren Divorce settlement in 2010: $110 million At the end of in 2009, America was shook by reports that Tiger Woods had engaged in multiple illicit sexual affairs. Within a year, Tiger agreed to a $750 million divorce settlement with Elin Nordegren. Total cost of this mistake was even higher if you include stock loss for Nike, Gatorade and other sponsors. One professor put the cost as high as $12 billion. Captain Edward Smith crashes the Titanic into an iceberg Money lost in 1909: $7.5 million in shipbuilding costs Inflation-adjusted: $168 million The passenger liner, The Titanic, sunk on its maiden voyage from England to the United States in 1912. The Titanic was known as the unsinkable ship, specifically designed to make the long journey to America with no possible chance of sinking. But one night, the ship crew ignored warnings of icebergs in their path and went onward. The ship hit an iceberg and scraped the entire right side, causing the boat to sink and killed 1,517 people. An elderly man throws away a Euromillions lottery ticket Loss in 2010: $181 million A woman in England who played the lottery every week picked the correct numbers to win the Euromillions, but her husband threw the ticket away. The elderly woman knows she picked the winning numbers because she writes them down on a separate sheet of paper each week before she turns the ticket over to her husband. NASA uses the metric system while Lockheed Martin uses the English system when building a satellite Cost of the lost orbiter: $125 million Inflation-adjusted: $165.6 million In 1999 a team of Lockheed Martin engineers used the English system of measurement, while the rest of the team used the metric system for a Mars orbiter. The use of two different measurement systems prevented the spacecraft's navigation coordinates from being transferred from a spacecraft team in Denver to a lab in California. The orbiter was then lost in space, and NASA was out $125 million. New Mexico loses control of a controlled burn in the Cerro Grande Loss in 2000: $1 billion in property damage Inflation-adjusted: $1.3 billion The Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico in 2000 started as a prescribed fire which spread due to high winds and drought conditions. The flames burned for more than a month, destroyed close to 48,000 acres, and left more than 400 families without homes. Faulty equipment causes a B-2 stealth bomber to crash on takeoff Loss in 2008: $1.4 billion Inflation-adjusted: $1.42 billion On a practice flight in Guam, America's most expensive jet was destroyed when faulty sensors caused it to pitch up on takeoff, stall and crash, according to the Air Force. The B-2 stealth bomber, one of 21 in existence at the time, cost $1.4 billion. Both pilots were able to eject safely. A hunter starts the biggest fire in California history Loss in 2003: $1.2 billion in insured losses Inflation-adjusted: $1.5 billion In the fall of 2003, a lost hunter lit a signal flare near the San Diego County Estates. The fire spread and became the largest fire in California's history. The fire destroyed close to 300,000 acres, 2,322 homes, and killed 14 people. Ford builds the Edsel Loss in 1959: $250 million in development costs Inflation-adjusted: $1.85 billion Ford introduced the Edsel in 1957, only to stop production by 1959. Retail sales were much lower than expected and the continued production of the car was not justified. The classic car was the wrong car, for the wrong market, at the wrong time. Quaker buys Snapple Overpayment in 1994: $1.4 billion Inflation-adjusted: $2.03 billion In 1994, Quaker purchased the then new Snapple for $1.7 billion. Quaker's goal was to sell Snapple in every grocery store in the country, but Snapple was so successful in small brand name grocery stores, chains like Pepsi and Coca-Cola began making copy cat brands. After three years with Snapple, Quaker sold the company for just $300 million. Rupert Murdoch has an affair with Wendi Deng Divorce settlement in 1999: $1.7 billion Inflation-adjusted: $2.2 billion After 32 years of marriage, the Murdochs called it quits in 1999. Of the $1.7 billion in assets Rupert gave to Anna, $110 million was in cash. After the split, Rupert was married just 17 days later to 30-year-old Wendi Deng, with whom he had an affair while married to Anna. Faulty equipment causes nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island Loss in 1978: $836.9 million in repairs and clean up Inflation-adjusted: $2.8 billion Due to an equipment malfunction, water meant for cooling uranium fuel burst from its containment chamber. Three Mile Island is the worst nuclear accident in American history, however, no one was killed. Yasuo Hamanaka tries to corner the copper market Loss in 1996: $2.6 billion Inflation-adjusted: $3.58 billion The former chief copper at Sumitomo Corporation attempted to corner the copper market in 1996. Hamanaka controlled as much as five percent of the world's copper, before prices dropped and his scheme collapsed. In June his trade led to a reported loss of $1.8 billion, which had swelled to $2.6 billion by September. Hamanaka was sentenced to eight years of prison. Safety inspectors forget to replace a valve at the Piper Bravo Oil Rig Money lost in 1994: $3.4 billion in repairs Inflation adjusted price: $5.1 billion In May of 1994, oil workers were evacuated from the Piper Bravo Oil Rig after an explosion. The explosion killed 167 of the 226 men working. During a routine check, inspectors removed and replaced all safety valves, except for one, which was never put back. Unaware that the safety valve was missing, a worker pushed the start button, and gas began to leak out. Sony buys Columbia Pictures Write-down in 1994: $3.2 billion Inflation-adjusted: $5.6 billion In 1989, Sony scooped up Columbia Pictures for $4.8 billion. But the cost of the deal increased when Sony had to spend $200 million to buy another production company and $500 million to settle a lawsuit. All this to produce such movies as Blankman. By 1994 Sony took a $3.2 billion write down on the deal. Various parties are blamed as the Prestige sinks off the coast of Spain Loss in 2002: $5.7 billion in repairs and clean up Inflation-adjusted: $6.9 billion In 2002, an oil tanker, Prestige, sank of the coast of north-east Spain, dumping 63,000 tons of oil into the ocean. The spill alone cause the death of over 300,000 birds and a significant amount of damage to marine life in the area. Capitain Joe Hazelwood crashes the Exxon-Valdez into Prince William Sound Money lost in 1989: $4.4 billion in clean up and repairs Inflation adjusted value: $7.8 billion In 1989, an Exxon oil tanker was on its way to California when it hit the Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska. The tanker spilled as many as 760,000 barrels into the water off the Alaska coastline. Captain Hazelwood was accused of being drunk at the time of the accident and convicted of negligent discharge of oil. Faulty equipment causes the Challenger to explode on liftoff Money lost in 1986: $5.5 billion was the cost of building the Challenger Inflation adjusted value: $11.1 billion In January of 1986, the Challenger, a NASA space shuttle, exploded just 72 seconds into its flight. All seven crew members on board died in the explosion. The explosion was blamed in part to NASA's faulty design. A combination booster joint with weak sealant, combined with freezing temperatures, caused the explosion. Faulty equipment causes the Columbia to crash on liftoff Lost in 2003: $13 billion was the cost of building the space shuttle Inflation adjusted value: $15.6 billion The Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed in February of 2003, just six minutes before it was scheduled to land. When the space shuttle launched, a hole was punctured in one of the wings, which could have been part of the problem for this crash. All seven crew members died in the crash. Terra buys Lycos Overpayment in 2000: $11.6 billion Inflation-adjusted: $15.7 billion In 2000, Spanish telecom company, Terra took a gamble on Lycos, an internet search engine. Lycos was at the time the third most visited site in America, but after the dot com bubble burst, Lycos faded. In 2004, the search engine was sold to South Korea-based Daum Communications Corporation for $95.4 million in cash. TEPCO and nuclear regulators ignore warnings that Fukushima Nuclear Plant can't stand up to a tsunami Estimated cost to shut down the reactors: $12 billion After a tsunami slammed the Fukushima nuclear plant, operator TEPCO said it will cost $12 billion to contain the damage. Injury and other damages may push the total higher. Although it's to early to assign blame for the crisis, there is evidence of various warnings about the aging facilities that were ignored or suppressed by TEPCO and the Japanese government. Mercedez-Benz buys Chrysler Overpayment in 1998: $20 billion Inflation-adjusted: $26.6 billion In 1998, Mercedes-Benz merged with Chrysler to create Daimler Chrysler, for $37 billion. But the merger didn't work out as planned and by 2007, Mercedes sold Chrysler Cerberus Capital Management for only $7 billion. AOL buys Time *****W for $182 billion, spins off at $36 billion Overpayment in 2000: $146 billion Inflation-adjusted: $183 billion AOL bought Time *****W for $182 billion at the peak of the Dot Com Bubble. Nine years later, Time *****W spun off with a market cap of $36 billion -- a $178 billion loss. The newly separated AOL was valued at only $2.5 billion. Faulty equipment causes nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl Money lost in 1986: $358 billion in clean-up and the value of lost farmland Inflation adjusted price: $720 billion In 1986, four reactors went out of control during a test which led to an explosion and fire. The fire destroyed the reactor building in its entirety. The explosion also released an unsafe amount of radiation into the air. The explosion caused the immediate death of two plant employees and then in the months following, 28 firefighters and clean-up workers died because of exposure to the radiation.

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Friends were exploring one day when they found a metal shack. The inside of the shack was even more interesting. On the surface This is what we found when we opened up the shack. A ladder? First stop When we got down the ladder we were standing on a small platform Stairs That lead to a staircase. That went down Quite a ways. Door At the bottom we found one hell of a door. Door open That opened up pretty easily. Inside we could see a metal shack of some kind. Out the door Looking back out of the door. Bridge You had to cross a little bridge to get on to the main platform. Bridge side Because the whole thing is suspended from big ass shock isolators. Shock isolator Better shot of the shock isolator. The shack This seems to be the whole reason this thing was built. Some kind of old communications equipment. Fuel Behind the shack was a diesel tank. Ladder And, a ladder. Seems safe. Ladder Bottom Now we are down. Under The underside had a bunch of old air handling equipment. Intake Connected to the outside by flexible ducts. Rusty Some of the stuff was in bad shape. Flashlight The bottom of this place had stared to fill with water. I thought about grabbing the flashlight, but figured there were probably a bunch of CHUD waiting to grab me under there.

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I got home yesterday after work to find our 7 baby ducks still doing great. Based on tons of great advice I got from Reddit, we tracked down a local, licensed wildlife rehab organization that was glad to take them in until they could be released back into the wild. Also, we let everyone in our family (except the 6-week old) pick a name. The final names were Buddy, Ducky Mo-Mo, Scrooge McDuck, Sarah, Flower, Fluffy and Grapes. We loaded all 14 of us into the van: 2 parents, 4 girls, 1 baby boy, and 7 ducks. Since our boy didn't get to pick a name (he's still struggling with English) and didn't get into the original picture set, we figured he deserved an appearance here. Future duck rescuer in training! We put the ducks in an empty diaper box for the 20-minute drive. They did great and chirped quietly the entire drive. I have to say, there were a lot of tears among my girls on the trip. No one wanted to say goodbye. But we agreed it was better to have been able to help the ducks and then say goodbye than to have never met them in the first place. When we saw this sign, we thought we were getting close. Then a peacock walked by and we knew we were at the right place. Here's one of our favorite guests we met while dropping off our duck buddies. You should have heard the incredible sounds he made! My 8-year-old really wants to work with animals in the future. She was in heaven at this place.

The call to my wife: "I'm bringing home 7 baby ducks! Hop online and figure out how we keep them alive." I came up over a hill to find the momma duck dead and the babies scurrying into the road to get to her. I pulled a quick U-turn and shooed them off the road. They huddled by a closed garage for warmth. I quickly discovered I had nothing in my car to transport ducks (won't make that mistake again!). An employee from the golf course just down the street got me a box. Here they are cuddled in the box after I collected them. Once home, my wife and daughters helped me make a temporary home for them...a storage bin with a towel in the bottom. We quickly discovered these little guys (girls?) can really jump! My girls had this innovate solution to block them from hopping out while I searched for a better solution. One tiny duck hotel with a heat lamp, check! I cleared a space in the corner of our garage and it was time for them to move in. They seemed to take to the new spot right away. They drank water from bowls and then just sat in the water. Our neighbor ran to a local pet store and picked up some food for them. They survived the night! We'd done everything we knew to do and were pretty sure they would be warm enough, but it was great to see them alive and well still this morning. Next step, finding them a permanent home.

Paradise Reimagined: What Choosing Poverty Looks Like Meet Dan Price, a man who lives on $5000 a year by living in an underground "hobbit hole" he built from scrap wood. Dan crouches to enter what he calls his 'Hobbit hole' house, which he built into a hillside in the small town of Joseph in northeast Oregon. Using scrap wood, he spent $75 to build it; most of that paid for fasteners and sealants. The living space is eight feet across and shaped like a circle with a four-feet-high sloped ceiling. "The things I need are food, clothing, shelter," said Price, who lives on about $5,000 a year. Adopting a life of radical simplicity, he said, "stopped all of my worrying about money and jobs." With his one spoon, one fork and one knife, Price prepares very simple meals. He adds oats, nuts and grains to whatever cereals are on sale, and since he doesn't have a refrigerator where he can store milk, he pours water on his cereal. Price thumbs through an issue of "Moonlight Chronicles," an illustrated journal of his life's adventures that he produced for about 20 years. "Chronicles" served as an artistic outlet and a modest income stream for Price, allowing him to approach sponsors for goods such as tents and clothing in exchange for mentions in his journal. For Price, who has no washing machine or dryer, doing laundry means cleaning his clothes in the river that runs along the edge of his property. He dries his clothing on a line. "What happens when you get richer and richer is you dream of making a paradise for yourself," he said. "What I have here is what rich people have." Price clears brush from a cottonwood tree he felled the previous day in the meadow where he's lived for 23 years. He removes one cottonwood each autumn, replacing those trees with evergreens which he says tend not to drop large limbs during storms. Price leases the property for $100 per year. Price avoids buying new tools, preferring instead to find them at garage sales or on Craigslist, and to wear them out as much as possible before replacing them. For exercise, Price curls a barbell he made from scrap material and concrete. He hasn't kept health insurance over the years. Three years ago, Price got a $3,000 bill from a hospital after suffering a kidney stone. "I said dude, I don't have $3,000. Can I set up a payment plan?" Hospitals are so accustomed to people skipping out on their bills, he said, that they "love it when you approach them" to figure out a way to pay. Price rides a recumbent tricycle along a rural road near Joseph, Oregon. He doesn't own a car and gets around mostly by pedaling or walking, which he says saves money and helps keep him fit. In 2001, he got a sponsorship from a tricycle manufacturer and chronicled a 4,500-mile bike journey from Ore. to Key West, Fla., in his journal. For six dollars, Price buys a file to sharpen a friend's chainsaw before cutting down a tree in the meadow where he lives. "People get this real high when they buy something. That's why they buy stuff all the time. I'm the opposite. When I buy something I get this depressed feeling." Price helps dismantle a teepee at a Nez Perce Native American photo exhibit in Joseph, where he volunteers the expertise he gained from living in a teepee before building the hobbit hole. "When we got here in 1865 there wasn't one bucket of concrete anywhere, telephone poles, fences, barbed wire, roads. And yet they had lived here successfully for thousands of years without touching the environment. That was the hugest thing that ever happened in my head. Apparently the hunter gatherer types had all kinds of free time. And so that really impressed upon me - I'm not gonna do what every one else is doing. I'm going to go a whole different direction."

Totally Cringe-worthy Fails That You Will Be Glad Was Not You This kid who never saw it coming. This girl who is so over balloons. This guy who partied just a little too hard. This woman who experienced first-hand the slippery slopes of fame. This girl who no longer feels a need to be sexy. This guy who learned the hard way that he should respect women. This guy who was on a literal roll. This Lebron James wannabe. This contestant on America’s Got Talent. This guy who deserved what was coming. This reporter who got bested by a 5 year-old. This girl who discovered pillow pets and pets are two very different things. This real-life catfish victim. This grandma who is wondering why she ever had children. This Mr. Clean wannabe. This designer who should have designed a stronger floor. This woman whose dog put her to shame. This person who shouldn’t have been doing what they were doing in the first place. This college graduate who probably isn’t quite ready for the real world. This kid who just can’t catch a break. This “fisherman.” This jabroni. This girl who now thinks cheerleading is overrated. This guy who overshot his target by just a touch. This girl who only had one job.

How Connected Standby Works (or Why Your Windows 8 PC's Battery Drains So Fast) This is Microsoft’s attempt to give Windows 8 and 8.1 the “always-on” state people get from iPads, Android tablets, and smartphones. A PC with Connected Standby can’t use other power-management states like Sleep and Hibernate. “Connected Standby” is a new feature in Windows 8. At first, only ARM devices with Windows RT supported Connected Standby. Some Intel Atom PCs with full Windows 8 now support it, too — and it will only become more common. This is Microsoft’s attempt to give Windows 8 and 8.1 the “always-on” state people get from iPads, Android tablets, and smartphones. A PC with Connected Standby can’t use other power-management states like Sleep and Hibernate. What is Connected Standby? If you have a typical PC or Mac with an Intel or AMD chip, your computer has several different power states. Your computer is either on, off, or in a power-saving state. Laptops normally go into sleep mode if they’re not used for a while or if the lid is closed. In sleep mode, your PC maintains power to its memory so it can start up very quickly. PCs can also hibernate, and may automatically hibernate if you leave them in sleep for a while. In hibernation mode, your PC saves the contents of its memory to its hard drive and shuts down. When you boot it, it loads the system state back from the hard drive and restores everything you had open. Both sleep and hibernate allow your computer to save its state and get back to it more quickly, but the computer is basically off and can’t do anything while sleeping or hiberating. In contrast, the smartphones and tablets most people use work differently. When you put an iPad, Android tablet, or a smartphone down and leave it for several hours, its screen turns off. The device goes into a very low-power mode. However, it’s not in a PC-style “sleep” or “hibernate” mode. Your tablet or phone will check for new emails, receive notifications, and perform other tasks. It does this by frequently waking up. The tablet or phone feels like it’s always on — you never have to wait for your phone to boot up from hibernate. PCs are slower. Even a PC that’s asleep will take a second to start back up. After the PC starts up, it has to check for new content. If your’e chatting on an instant messaging program, you’ll disconnect and not receive any messages when your computer is asleep. Connected Standby is a low-power state that allows Windows 8 and 8.1 to function more like a tablet or smartphone than a typical PC. It’s supported on Windows RT devices like the Surface RT and Surface 2, but Intel is also working on adding support for Connected Standby to its own CPUs so Intel-powered tablets can catch up to ARM devices. Your PC will work more like your phone. How Does Connected Standby Actually Work? You can’t just get Connected Standby on any computer. It requires special support for Connected Standby in the CPU and the rest of the computer system. You can buy a windows device and it either supports Connected Standby or it doesn’t. Connected Standby replaces the standard Sleep and Hibernate power states found on most PCs. This means that you can’t actually use Sleep or Hibernate instead of Connected Standby. You can still control how long the display stays on — when the display powers off, Connected Standby begins instead of Sleep. You can also shut down your PC normally. When in Connected Standby mode, your PC will listen for notifications and wake up regularly to fetch new emails, update live tiles, and perform other similar tasks. When you get a chat message, your PC can wake up and notify you. Its screen will stay off the whole time while it does this, just as your smartphone can keep doing work while its screen is off. Note that these fetching features only work with Windows 8′s “Store apps”, so the full-screen Mail app will fetch new email but your desktop email client won’t. Which Devices Use Connected Standby? All Windows RT devices use Connected Standby. They have ARM chips, so they support this sort of always-on, low-power state. At the moment, this only includes the Surface RT, Surface 2, and Nokia Lumia 2520 — all devices produced by Microsoft themselves. Windows RT is not popular. Intel is bringing Connected Standby to more and more chips. Intel’s “Clover Trail” series of Atom chips support connected standby. Buy a tablet like the Thinkpad Tablet 2 and it will use Connected Standby rather than standard Sleep and Hibernate features. Connected Standby is a feature ideal for mobile devices with low power consumption, but Intel has become obsessed with catching up to ARM in this space. We wouldn’t be surprised to see Connected Standby make its way into higher-power Intel CPUs eventually. This feature will only become more common, even among laptops. For now, higher-power CPUs like Intel’s own Haswell line of Core processors don’t support Connected Standby. This does mean that you can’t have that sort of always-on, tablet-style experience on Haswell-powered tablets like Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2. The device can sleep or hibernate, but not stay on all the time with Connected Standby. . How Can I Disable Connected Standby? Connected Standby can’t be disabled, which may be inconvenient if you just want to save power. For example, you can set aside a typical laptop down for several weeks and it should go to sleep and then hibernate, saving most of its battery power. On the other hand, if you’re putting a PC with Connected Standby down for several weeks, it will continue running, regularly waking up to download new content. After several weeks, the device will definitely have an empty battery. Intel's website states that ”A system in Connected Standby stays updated, is reachable through real-time communication apps, and can remain in state a week or more on a single battery charge.” This is great if you want this always-on experience. On the other hand, this means that your laptop’s battery will drain when you’re not using it and be empty after a week — or less, if you’re using it. You may pick up a device a few days later to find a surprising amount of battery power drained. While you can’t disable Connected Standby, you can get around this limitation by powering the tablet or laptop off if you’re not going to use it for a while. The device won’t wake up if it’s powered off completely. This means going through a normal Shut Down process, not just tapping its power button. You could also enable Airplane Mode before putting your PC to sleep. Your device won’t be able to fetch new content or communicate with the Internet at all. It should stay asleep instead of waking up regularly to check on your emails and tweets. Overall, Connected Standby is a good feature that allows Windows 8.1 tablets and PCs — even those with Intel chips — to function more like the mobile devices they are. Microsoft should still provide a way to let people disable this feature without enabling Airplane Mode every time they put their device to sleep. Many people will get Atom-powered tablets and laptops they’ll want to use like PCs without unnecessary battery drain when idle.

Badly Burned Body Found in Southern California Wildfires as San Diego Probe Considers Arson the Cause of Nine Devastating Blazes Unidentified body discovered in transient camp Nine blazes began over the course of Tuesday to Wednesday ravaging the coast to 15 miles inland The fires have caused more than $22 million in damage More than 13,000 new evacuation notices in the San Marcos area and served as a 'reminder to everybody just how volatile this can be' Fires have destroyed eight houses, an 18-unit condominium complex and two businesses and burned more than 15 square miles By Daily Mail UK, 16 May 2014 Firefighters working on Southern California wildfires have found a badly burned body in a transient camp. The city of Carlsbad said the body was found Thursday while firefighters were checking hotspots on a fire that began a day earlier. The city says it had no information about person who died. It appears to be the first fatality in fires throughout the San Diego region that have destroyed eight homes, an 18-unit apartment complex and two businesses. The San Diego County sheriff says arson will be among the many possibilities investigators will look at in trying to determine what caused nine fires to break out during a two-day heat wave A Fountain Valley firefighter stands atop his fire truck as a helicopter comes in for a water drop on the Coco Fire in San Marcos A helicopter dumps water on a fire devastated area as the Cocos Fire continues to burn out-of-control near San Marcos The body was found shortly before all evacuation orders were lifted in Carlsbad, a city of 110,000 people 30 miles north of San Diego. The San Diego County sheriff says arson will be among the many possibilities investigators will look at in trying to determine what caused nine fires to break out during a two-day heat wave. Sheriff Bill Gore said Thursday that it could take months to find the causes of the blazes concentrated in the northwestern area of the county, from the coast to areas 10 to 15 miles inland. The first fire started Tuesday. The eight other wildfires erupted over the course of hours Wednesday. Gore says investigators are not ruling anything out, but he also wouldn't prejudge the investigations. He noted that sparks from vehicles can easily ignite brush in such hot, dry and windy conditions. The fires have caused more than $22 million in damage so far. Two firefighters discuss a strategy change while fighting a wildfire from the backyard of a home Authorities announced they have a suspect in custody but have not yet identified them As calmer winds allowed firefighters to make progress on nine fires burning in San Diego County, one of the most serious blazes suddenly roared Thursday afternoon burning close to homes, triggering thousands of new evacuation orders and keeping the situation tenuous. Growing flames raced along scrubby hillsides near the city of San Marcos as massive black plumes filled the afternoon skies after a half-day lull in winds that had allowed firefighters to gain ground against flames that have scorched thousands of acres this week. Ash laden smoke limited visibility to a few feet at times in the inland suburban community. On one semi-rural street, five horses wandered nervously in a paddock as firefighters worked to protect nearby homes and barns. Sheriff Bill Gore said the flare-up prompted more than 13,000 new evacuation notices in the San Marcos area and served as a 'reminder to everybody just how volatile this can be.' Fire crews battle the Cocos Fire in San Marcos on Thursday The new evacuations were in addition to more than 20,000 orders issued Wednesday. About 85,000 people live in San Marcos. Since the first blazed erupted Tuesday during a heat wave, officials have repeatedly predicted the worst was over only to be confronted by a new challenge amid the hot, dry and windy conditions. The fires have destroyed eight houses, an 18-unit condominium complex and two businesses and burned more than 15 square miles, causing more than $20 million in damage so far. The flare-up in San Marcos ran up a slope in a heavily vegetated area but with no wind on it. The fire was being driven by fuel and topography, said Division Chief Dave Allen of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. 'It's created its own weather pattern there as it sucks oxygen in,' he told a news conference. State fire Capt. Kendal Bortisser said the fire was running east along hillsides behind California State University San Marcos. The 1.56-square-mile blaze was only 5 per cent contained. The fire, which broke out Wednesday, forced the evacuation of the university campus where nearly 10,000 students were in the middle of final exams. Graduation ceremonies were canceled. Investigators were trying to determine the causes of the various fires. A firefighter stands amidst smoke from the Cocos Fire Asked about the possibility of arson, the sheriff said he wouldn't prejudge the investigations. He noted that sparks from vehicles can easily ignite brush in such dry conditions. Emergency officials said a significant number of firefighting aircraft had become available, including four air tankers and 22 military helicopters, in addition to local agency helicopters. Ten of the military helicopters were being used to battle a blaze that grew to 9.37 square miles on the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. Despite its growth, the fire was 20 percent contained and was no longer considered a threat to communities. Twelve other military helicopters were available to the county. A large home is engulfed in smoke as flames approach in San Marco One of the nine fires burning in San Diego County suddenly flared Thursday afternoon and burned close to homes, trigging thousands of new evacuation orders Since the fires began, 125,000 evacuation notices have been sent, officials said. Schools also have been shut down and the Legoland amusement park had to close Wednesday. It reopened Thursday. Greg Saska stood in front of his charred Carlsbad home Thursday in sandals that showed his soot-covered feet. He said he was not impressed with the fire response. 'I don't want to complain but I wish they had just made a little more effort to put the fire out,' Saska said. 'The end of the house right there that you see was still burning. And they (firefighters) just left. And I'm just kinda going, What would've been the big deal to stay here another 10 minutes and put that out totally. I just don't get it.' Firefighters have been contending with sweltering heat in their fight to contain flames fueled by brush and trees left brittle by drought. Temperatures on Thursday ranged from the high 90s to 100. The San Diego County sheriff says nearly 13,000 new evacuation notices have been issued due to a wildfire A wall of flames dozens of feet high advanced on a hillside community near San Diego, threatening to destroy upscale houses Temperature records were broken, and horse racing was canceled at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, east of Los Angeles. Officials said a Carlsbad-area blaze that has been the most destructive so far was 75 percent contained and had burned 400 acres. The wildfire destroyed an 18-unit condominium complex and four residences, Carlsbad Mayor Matt Hall said. Some evacuation orders were being lifted in Carlsbad, but hotspots were still a concern. Numerous schools will be closed Friday, officials said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_mD6GAKa4o