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Massive Evacuation Ordered West Of I-15 Qualcomm Stadium Opened For Evacuees
NBC San Diego ^ | 10/22/2007

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 ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: evacuation; sandiego; wildfire; wildfires
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To: Quix
Hi Quix,,,I hope all have heeded the evac orders...
341 posted on 10/22/2007 1:02:52 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Hey Champ!! Always a pleasure, sir!


342 posted on 10/22/2007 1:03:14 PM PDT by sofaman (Those who attempt to rewrite history are probably planning to repeat it.)
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To: rolling_stone

I am in east CV...can you point me to into re: East CV?


343 posted on 10/22/2007 1:03:53 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty (Liberalism: Someone craps their pants, and we all have to wear diapers....)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

Not him! The surf looks good so he’s going surfing... such a beach bum... LOL


344 posted on 10/22/2007 1:04:19 PM PDT by sofaman (Those who attempt to rewrite history are probably planning to repeat it.)
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To: Mrs.Liberty

east palomar area...nothing more specific but it does not look good...


345 posted on 10/22/2007 1:04:59 PM PDT by rolling_stone (same)
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To: Mrs.Liberty

You take care, Mrs L...evidently there’s a new fire out east of you...


346 posted on 10/22/2007 1:05:11 PM PDT by sofaman (Those who attempt to rewrite history are probably planning to repeat it.)
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To: Mrs.Liberty

Gotcha, I just thought it was weird that people would use health issues when a lot of the kids walked 2 blocks home and sat breathing the same air.


347 posted on 10/22/2007 1:05:25 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: sofaman

Stay safe sofaman.


348 posted on 10/22/2007 1:06:45 PM PDT by fatima (Pray for my sister Germaine-very ill.)
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To: rolling_stone
KUSI 9--fire near San Ysidro high. Reports that people saw kids in the brush near there, setting fires. Damn kids.

Nothing yet on East CV.

349 posted on 10/22/2007 1:07:17 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty (Liberalism: Someone craps their pants, and we all have to wear diapers....)
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To: fatima

Qualcomm stadium is full up....no more evacuees


350 posted on 10/22/2007 1:07:21 PM PDT by rolling_stone (same)
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To: Mrs.Liberty

I saw a news report on east cv but it was quick they mentioned palomar..


351 posted on 10/22/2007 1:08:22 PM PDT by rolling_stone (same)
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To: sofaman

Hi sofa, just saw your FRmail and thank you so much for your kind message.

You all take care also and stay safe


352 posted on 10/22/2007 1:09:47 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Duncan Hunter '08 Tough on WOT & Illegals)
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To: SCalGal

There’s another one now, in San Bernardino - back up behind the University (north and east of it).
~~~

Tiz the season,,,hard to keep up with them all,,,
Hope that wind dies down soon,,,
Ain’t no way to stop these fires till that happens...


353 posted on 10/22/2007 1:10:13 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

In any group of 100 people or more . . . and often less . . .

there will be clueless idiots who will not heed much of anything until their own skin is singed . . .

Very sadly.

Agreed . . . Lord, please help even the clueless idiots to get out of where the danger is or is headed!


354 posted on 10/22/2007 1:10:47 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Hey, CM!

some news: (culled from a email list)

Harris is 6000+ headed for the interface south of San Diego City. It is
on CALFIRE CMD2 TAC5.
Second incident is the Witchcreek 3000+. They are on CALFIRE CMD1 TAC13.
The fire is headed for the interface north of San Diego. Its approaching
the Cedar burn area.
1 citizen fatality on Harris and 1 engine burned over with injuries.


355 posted on 10/22/2007 1:11:20 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: rolling_stone
east palomar area...nothing more specific but it does not look good...

Just recieved by email from a friend in San Marcos:

just east of north county fair mall houses are going up. The San Marcos fire is headed down to San Elijo area / La Costa....they are letting people back in the Discovery Hills area (over by Lake San Marcos). I just can't get anywhere up the 15 if need be.

It is closed from the Check Point just before Temecula to the 76 and then from Rancho Valley Pkwy (north county fair mall) to the 56 (Ted Williams).

356 posted on 10/22/2007 1:12:03 PM PDT by SCalGal
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To: sofaman

Howdy Sir,,,ya’ll be safe...Tuff Times...


357 posted on 10/22/2007 1:13:25 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: techworker
Mr RB and I spent the first years of our married life in Cardiff-by-the-Sea ; we were married in the backyard of the house we rented at 1736 Westmintser Dr, up behind the elementary school, by the music streets, in 1980.

I'm watching with horror as this unfolds on TV, and hearing that they think it might spread to Solana Bech and Cardiff via the lagoon. My prayers to you all.

358 posted on 10/22/2007 1:13:36 PM PDT by Red Boots
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To: Quix

Prayers Up for All...


359 posted on 10/22/2007 1:15:21 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: SCalGal

I am down near IB so far ok but the san ysidro fire could spread north west...trying to figure out where to go...it would have to jump I-5 and 905 to get near me and if it did that it would be uncomprehendable...Kolender said this is probably worse fire in SD county history...


360 posted on 10/22/2007 1:15:53 PM PDT by rolling_stone (same)
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