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This was the second time in two months that united flights were grounded by computer problems and the Company Stock was taking a nose dive on wall street, and that ended abruptly when they halted all trading at 11 00 this morning the exchange blamed technical issues blaming stocks from other exchanges that was not effected. It ended just after 3 00 this afternoon while that was going on, the wall street journals home page went off line, the glitches came one after another, and leading some to speculate that the economy could be under cyber attack and president obama is monitoring the situation and there is no sign of outside interference united certainly interfered with travel plans for a lot of people. People are so dependant on technology that we condition get the flights going without it we should have been able to leave. Frustrating day . Yes very frustrating. A frustrating day for a lot of folks whose lives are ruled by comput ....
City of sonoma. That area also cleared out because of two fires just east of the city. Normally it would be packed with traffic and pedestrians. The nuns fire has merged with another big fire and is heading south towards sonoma. It is 3 contained burning almost 18,000 acres. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live in napa county where they are keeping an eye on the nuns fire. Reporter here dry creek road behind me at orchard and we just got out of a dangerous situation up dry creek hoed about a road, blames in peoples backyard. The difficulty is that it is a very winding road. So the escape route is not an easy one. Right now there are voluntary evacuations in the area but the fire has been advancing significantly. So that could change. Burning to our west is the nuns fire which is now part of what cal fire is calling a complex of fires including the fire which burned through the city of santa rosa. It burned 44,000 acres so far and in that complex fire, 15 people have died. More than 1,000 homes ....
Of the city. Normally it would be packed with traffic and pedestrians. The big concern right now is the nuns fire. It merged with another big fire overnight and is heading south towards the city. Now flames from the nuns fire getting very dangerously close to winding roads in napa county. Kpix 5s anne makovec just found out firsthand and joins us live. Scary situation. Dry creek road here behind me is closed to the public now but the media is allowed in at our own risk and this is what we found about a mile and a half up the road from where im standing which is the intersection of orchard avenue at around 4 a. M. Flames covering that hillside from the ground up to some of those tall trees. In between the roadway dry creek road and that fire, is homes. So that fire very close to spreading to those homes. Right now that area is under a voluntary evacuation. The problem is that dry creek is a tight and winding road. So getting out is not quick or easy and thats why we turned around direct ....
Being fought on several fronts. Cal fire is reporting better contain am. The tubs fire is 82 contained and pocket fire at 58 . The nuns fire is 68 contained. The largest is up to 77 . This is leading to more evacuations being lifted including green valley road and geyserville and parts of the oak mond neighborhood in santa rosa. The head of fema spoke about the recovery. Thousands of fire victims begin trying to pick up the pieces. He visited and abc reporter is live in the decimated coffey park area. Katie . Reporter kristin and dan, we watched the fema administrator fly over the neighborhood today. You can see on the ground an incredible amount of debris left behind. Thats one of the things being discussed. What to do with this incredible amount of possibly toxic waste. You can see the plastic garbage can is a perfect example. One of the things being discussed by leaders at all levels of government today. Femas administrator landed to see the destruction of the north bay fires. We wi ....
The atlas fire up to 77 contained. 11,000 firefighters on the front lines battling these places. This afternoon in napa county, firefighters said 245,000 acres in total burned statewide in the last nine days. The head of fema in the north bay as the disaster transitions into recovery phase. Californias a special state, beautiful place. We have to be working diligently for many years today. Seeing the urban nature of a wild fire and what it can do to hundreds of homes in an area, you dont see that very often and its pretty disturbing. Well be meeting with Governor Brown tomorrow. We are getting a broader view tonight of the sheer devastation caused by the wildfires. Abc reporter wayne freedmon took an aerial tour and joins us live in fountaingrove that area of california. Wayne. Reporter less than an hour ago crews from the counties was doing a house to house search looking for anyone left behind. We believe this area is clear. You ....