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.
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Youre an honorary San Diegan? I should have known from your accent... ;-)
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The biggest laff was the locals tryin’ to teach me
Spanish...;0)
Prayer Bump...
Maybe I’m too clueless . . . as many would agree . . .
but perhaps you could articulate better than a lot of us . . . what you see as
THE FITTING parameters as ON TOPIC for the fire threads.
I’d appreciate it. I have no need to offend you or anyone else on them. And it seems like your def tends to be enough different from mine to bother you. And I’d rather not do that—naively or otherwise.
Firefighters became concerned about the path of the fire when it jumped Otay Lakes Road at Thousand Trails Park. It continues to travel west.
You got it.
It seems like a lot of us have family and friends in the area. Maybe one of our prayer warrior freepers can start a thread and we could all add our loved ones?
108 mph gusts were recorded Saturday night/early Sunday morning in the canyons around Malibu I think. Isn’t that close to hurricane force winds?
Prayers up for your brother and for his house. I hope somehow it’s spared.
Well, that makes me feel much better...
This isn’t good...Scripps Ranch evacuations...they got belted in 2003. More folks on their way to the Sofa household... this thing is moving on 2 fronts..
74 mph is hurricane force, so 108mph is just about Cat2 strength.
I liked the ditz that asked Mother Nature to be more motherly.
Well, I think I will start up a chat now and mention it. :)
Or, could it be the rath of God for the signing of the "can't use mom and dad act" signed into law by swarzi. Sorry if you think I'm being flippant.
75 mph is Hurricane force, I believe
oops...sorry..should have read further down the thread...
I think hurricane winds start at 75mph sustained.
Craven means "fearful."
I doubt that anyone believes that about me. Perhaps you meant a different word.
I think God prefers earthquakes.
I am trying to update the San Bernadino fires on this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914650/posts
The news media is just now starting to focus on Arrowhead. The fires there are burning out of control. House after house is just going up, nothing can be done. County/CDF is stretched super thin and the wind is so bad that they can get water drops in it.
This area has been declared the number one priority in the state for whatever that means (no one has resources to help)
Just checked Weather Underground:
39-73-Trop. Storm
74-95 Cat1 Hurricane
96-110-Cat2 Hurricane
111-130-Cat3 Hurricane
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