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The situation's changed:

Julian evacuations

10:20 a.m.

At the request of the U-S Forest Service, the Julian and Pine Hills areas are now being evacuated. The Sheriff's Dept. asks that all Julian and Pine Hills residents cooperate with deputies to insure a safe and orderly evacuation. An evacuation center will be set up at Borrego High School in Borrego Springs.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Julian evacuations

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Julian evac Update

Julian evacuations

10:20 a.m.

Pine Hills is under a mandatory evacuation order, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Julian is under a voluntary evacuation order. An evacuation center will be set up at Borrego High School in Borrego Springs.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I really liked Julian. It reminded me of a quaint New England small town (I'm from Connecticut originally). I was surprised to learn that apple orchards are a big deal there.

There was one guy who gave my wife and me a ride back to the PCT trailhead along the Sunrise Highway. Strange, but affable fellow. He claimed he was descended from British Royalty and was kidnapped from Britain as a baby. I got the sense that he was a local eccentric (he seemed to hang out in front of the Chamber of Commerce).

Anybody know the population of Julian?

[ArmstedFragg]

Re: Julian

Yeah, the story you sent was based on the Sheriff's office announcement which was attributed to the Forest Service. Only problem was, nobody at Forest Service knew who had given the order. So, then it was returned to voluntary, then became mandatory again this afternoon.

The only small ray of sunshine is that once this thing gets east of Julian it'll run into the old burn from the Vulcan fire last year. That runs north / south for about 15 miles just up the road a bit. Should help things a bit, as should having the Otay fire contained.

Coming home this afternoon, I was passed by a task force coming into town from Santa Cruz and Watsonville, some 350 miles or so north. As they crossed the intersection, everybody gave 'em a horn serenade and thumbs up.