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Monday, October 22, 2007
Red sky at night *Updated*Updated...again*  2:30pm UPDATE:
I know I said I wouldn't play citizen journalist, but some folks in comments are asking for more info because they have family here...so there you go.
Well, things aren't getting any better. The Scripps Ranch area that essentially burnt to the ground in the Cedar fire several years ago is being evacuated. Although the fire hasn't reached the coast, in Del Mar the smoke is so thick you can't see the ocean from the Coast Highway. It's like a gray dry fog of ash. They have been moving horses from the inland areas to the Del Mar fairgrounds and now all 1800 stalls are full. Unfortunately the smoke is channeling through that valley which also includes the Polo Grounds where more livestock is being sheltered. They've actually reached the point where they are sending people who have been evacuated to stay on the state beaches in North County tonight. I just heard that they are evacuating Fallbrook (north of San Diego...your avocados probably come from there) through Camp Pendleton and sending them to the state beaches in Orange County.
More when I can...
UPDATE: This one is going to be horrific when all the damage is done. It seems like the whole city is paralyzed by it. We think that my mothers house is still standing, my sister who lives in Leucadia by the ocean is getting ready to evacuate, I have an aunt and uncle who had to evacuate yesterday and they still don't know the status of their house, and I just spoke with the lovely and talented Casey in Hawaii and she said that her boyfriend (the one here in California) thinks his family may have already lost their home.
The last big fire we knew maybe three families affected. This time I can already think of over a dozen families that I know that have been evacuated.
Where I'm at in Point Loma the sky is blue but the air is crackling dry and everything smells burnt.
More here.
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Here we go again:A pair of wildfires roared through San Diego County yesterday, killing one person, injuring at least 17 others and destroying an untold number of homes and businesses, overwhelmed fire officials said.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued after 11 p.m. in the San Pasqual Valley, home of the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Officials said they had teams standing by to evacuate some its hundreds of exotic animals if necessary.
Updates here because it's getting worse. I-15 is now closed and now this is going to get ugly.
My mother's neighborhood in the Ranch Bernardo area has already been evacuated. Mom & cat (a Katrina refugee, no less) are fine. I live to the west, by the beach where the wind comes off the water, but the air has a scorched smell like a wet campfire that has been really strong since midnight last night. We're all safe, and by "we" I mean me and the dogs. The lovely and lucky mrs tbogg left for Hawaii yesterday morning so she's missing the all of the fun.
I'll try to not play citizen journalist today about this and leave it to the professionals.
One last thing; Happy Birthday, Mom. Hell of a way to spend it.
7:09 a.m.
According to San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders: Everyone north of state Route 56, south of Del Dios Highway, west of Interstate 15 and east of Interstate 5 should evacuate. Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley is opening as an evacuation center.
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