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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Unfortunately they did catch two teenagers looting in Ramona.
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Was that the 2 who took a couple of beers?
LOL
Don’t be shy about citing specific articles....
These fires are going to burn to the coast like all have done for the past 2,000 years. It’s California.
No, these people have jobs, are relatively well to do, and have personal discipline, unlike the animals involved in Katrina.
Harsh, but close to point. They are mostly middle-class who have the witherall to actually buy home insurance. The lower-class of New Orleans either didn't have the resources or just figured Blanco and Nagin would take care of them.
And the bleeding-hearts wonder why so many don't want to return when they get Texas and other states' welfare. Another fine example of socialism. Other than the French Quarter and hotels on Canal Street, NO was a cesspool before Katrina hit.
As the commercial goes, "C'mon back, nawlins is rollin ya all". Bullshit.
Screw their architecture, their history, their food, their all so quaint neighborhoods. I've spent much time in the "Big Easy" and the service people are just down right lazy - that's why it was named so. Blame it on the humidity if you want - to me it's their I-don't-give-a-shit attitude.
Contrast NO's hospitality industry to say Hawai'i's...or even foreign owned islands in the carribean. New Orleans hospitality services suck to the inth degree.
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