Thinking of you, FRiends....:)
And praying for all.
the one casualty so far is a man from my work. He had left his home in the tecate area, then went back, ...flames overtook him. His son was with him, and is in an induced coma with burns over 50% of his body. This was from the Harris fire.
Hi there, just saw your message.
I am in the city near the downtown area and not affected directly by the fires though air is smokey.
The county having gone through this in 03 with 270,00 acres damaged, 16 killed and 2,500 homes destroyed.
Now San Diego has it again.
I saw a few posts by some hicks in the east bashing Calif.
Some really sick idiots out there.
Yesterday at 9:30 AM, we packed up and took the dogs to Oceanside Harbor. We wanted to breathe better air for them and for us. Our area was getting pretty smoky. We spent the night in the parking lot of the Jolly Roger Restaurant near all the boats in the harbor and were able to use their harbor "facilities."
Other than bizarre sleep last night, we're all fine, and San Marcos is remarkably clear--just a bit smoky, but no falling ash, yet. The sun is out, and we can see it. We are very blessed. There are fires all around us - but a ways away.
San Diego has evacuated about 500,000 people with only a handful of injuries. We are hearing reports of people being very kind to others and donating time and supplies as needed. There are 2300 horses staying where they can only take 1800 at Del Mar Racetrack. (That's a lot o' poop! ;-) San Diegans are handling this well. It's like a really bad movie though. The embers catch the wind and fly over freeways. It's nuts.
There are approx. 8 separate fires raging down canyons and miles of terrain to get down to the coast. Over 1000 homes have been lost.
We just packed the important stuff, and left to be wise. We came back when the ash was falling at the coast. Now, we're watching TV and answering e-mails.
Soon, we'll turn the computers off as we are trying to help conserve energy, as requested.
Thanks for all your prayers for ALL San Diegans!!!! Thanks again for your concern! Lynne and Jim And dah Kidz