oops! Linked the wrong thing for CHP, but someone else caught it and linked it the right way.
Now the CHP log is saying possible long-term closure. http://cad.chp.ca.gov/
6:31PM - NEED SAND AND SIGN TRUCKS
6:31PM - ADVISED POSS LONG TERM CLOSURES
6:31PM - CMS S - NB 15 JNO 94, NB 163 JSO GENESEE - ACTIVATED "NORTH 15 CLOSED AT GOPHER CYN"
6:28PM - 19M / NB JSO DEER SPRINGS DIVERTING TRAFFIC
6:27PM - NEED CT WITH SIGN TRUCKS AS MANY AS POSS FOR NB AND SB 15
Took a look at the DOT HazMat site. The fact sheet on the substance suggests a half mile radius for the evacuation area. The wind's from the west at the moment, and there's not much in the way of housing to east until you get to Hidden Meadows, so it looks like we got lucky as far as a location. Two miles north of there and it would have been blowing into Welk-ville.
They're taking it seriously enough that both county and SD city HazMat teams are enroute.
Boy is the San Diego highway grid going to be messed up tonight. Hope there are no injuries!
Buddy of mine is teaching a University of Phoenix class in San Diego right now. Just sent a text message alert about this to his mobile phone.