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Hi folks..

I live in Santee, in San Diego County. We had a tense day and night but all is well here and we appear to be safe for now though if the winds pick up in the wrong direction, God knows what could happen.

My neighborhood was voluntarily evac'd yesterday at around 3pm. We had flames on 3 sides - very scary. I remained at home with all my stuff packed in my truck ready to go. It was a ghost town here with just myself and a few other brave souls remaining.

At around 9pm, the power was restored and it became apparent that we were safe enough to where my wife was able to return and we could sleep in front of the TV with an ear open in case of a flare up. The flames never came closer than 1/4 mile of my house and this morning, it looks pretty good.

Many parts of the county did not fare so well and our prayers go out to all that have lost their homes and to those who are still in danger.

At this time (7:30 am), the skies are red and brown all around us. Everything is covered with ashes so it looks like it snowed last night.

Sorry if this is not very coherent, I only had a few hours sleep last night. Our plan today is to watch what happens and once we're sure our area is in the clear, we plan to go volunteer, possibly at one of the shelters. With the Santa Ana winds, however, it's still very unpredictable and there is still plenty of brushy areas all around us that could ignite from embers or flare-ups.

Wish us luck. I will keep checking this thread and if anyone has questions, I will try to answer but we really don't know much more than what can be learned from the news...

(If you were asking me things on the pulled thread and I hadn't answered yet, feel free to re-post here.)