Posted on 10/22/2007 8:06:14 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
SAN DIEGO -- With fire spreading quickly westward, San Diego County officials ordered the evacuation of a huge area east of Interstate 15 between Del Dios Highway and Highway 56 early Mon"This is the worst fire this county has ever seen -- worse than the Cedar Fire [of 2003]," Sheriff Bill Kolender said.
At a news conference shortly after 6 a.m., officials said fires had spread dramatically overnight, whipped by fierce Santa Ana winds. They said fire had jumped Interstate 15 at Lake Hodges and was burning in parts of Rancho Bernardo. Because of the explosive and unpredictable nature of the blazes, all residents living between Interstate 15 and Interstate 5 from Del Dios Highway in the north to Highway 56 in the south were told to begin evacuating.
"This fire is moving very quickly," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said. "Watch TV, listen to the radio and have your car prepared to leave."
Among the communities in the evacuation area are Rancho Sante Fe, Carmel Highlands, Rancho Bernardo, Del Mar Heights and Fairbanks Ranch and parts of Rancho Penasquitos.
Officials have opened Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley to handle the large number of evacuees.
Sanders asked everyone in San Diego County to minimize the use of cell phones to leave the airways free for the use of emergency personnel.day.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...
News conference spokesman: Have evacuated 10 times the number of persons than were evacuated in the 2003 Cedar fire!!
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You are most welcome. :)
We still have another couple with us, but we now have space for other friends who may need to leave La Costa/ Carlsbad.
I didn't catch the list, but I can see that you're concerned and we're grateful for that. We'll get through this. We'll rebuild our city together. We did it before and we'll do it again.
I must admit a profound pride in my city for the way we have reacted to this. Not a single incidence of looting reported. As one gentleman said, “You can deal with it, or you can whine about it...” and that explains our attitude perfectly.
Re your question about the circular firing squad, the particlar phrasing I used is mine, but the concept is a very old one. I think it makes the point quite straightforwardly.
Yes. San Diego is not New Orleans.
Unfortunately they did catch two teenagers looting in Ramona.
Also remember that much of the Katrina looting happened after the storm was over.
Personally, if I was under an evacuation order, I would feel MUCH better about leaving my worldly possessions behind, if the authorities were publicly announcing that looters will be shot on sight. If the problem is not contained immediately it will spiral out of control.
I have heard very scattered reports of looting, and that some anti-looting policing is going on, but it’s obviously very minor and limited and perfectly under control. Kudos SD
Thank you, Mrs. Liberty. I am glad they are okay too.
We’ve got lots of rain here in NY....was thinking today, if only we could share this with California.
they SHOULD have been shot. Opportunistic b*stards..and I agree with you, btw. Looters should be shot on sight.
So good to know you are safe. And breathing good air.
We actually had sunshine for awhile in ESc.
My house smells of smoke...not liking it one bit.
The main policy choice being houses built in the areas that are burning.
Though I'm not from California I've studied the issue of the chaparral wildfires in Southern California (all too often, people equate the issues with "forest" fires in other part of the country) I see little to no evidence that environmentalists are the cause of or contribute to the specific fire problems in the populated areas of Southern California. They're just a convenient whipping boy.
“The main policy choice being houses built in the areas that are burning.”
Okay, I’ve heard this argument before, and I think it’s total crap. There is no place on EARTH that is immune to every natural disaster. The P Northwest may not have many wildfires, but they have earthquakes and flooding. The Southwest has wildfires and drought, but no hurricanes or ice storms. The midwest has tornados, ice storms and bitter cold. The northeast has flooding and ice storms. South? Flooding and hurricanes. Southeast? Hurricanes and flooding too.
People have to live somewhere, and when nature strikes we should hold our hands out to them, not say “you brought it on yourself.”
Re horses moved: (That's a lot o' poop! ;-) LOL, you know it!!
Good news? No, GREAT News!!!
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You are a good friend to your friends, sofaman.
I've heard this argument before, and it's total crap.
The risk of your house being destroyed by a tornado, even in Oklahoma, is trivial compared to the risk of your house on a semi-rural hillside in Southern California being destroyed by a landslide or fire, or a house on the Gulf coast being destroyed by a hurricane.
And this is easily observed looking at insurance rates, set by people whose entire job is to assess risk.
People want to desperately believe a ridiculous fantasy that since it's theoretically possible for a house anywhere to be destroyed by something, that then the risk of that happening is the same everywhere, and people have no responsibility for their choice of location to live.
Those who voted for the Austrian actively contributed to today's losses. Vote for a liberal and watch friends and neighbors suffer catastrophic losses.
No, but they will be plenty of red diaper doper baby mary jane activity..
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