"Lionel" wrote in message
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ScottW wrote:

I woke this morning to find my truck covered with ash in our driveway
due
to wild fires in eastern SD county. My wife is in LA and she just
called
to say her car was covered in ash this morning.

Fires I know of in San Bernadino, Simi Valley, Valley Center, Scripps
Ranch, Clairemont Mesa, Ramona, Miramar Naval Air Station, Camp
Pendleton,
and Fallbrook.

They are calling the fires in east San Diego county burning right now
that
are headed west right into the heart of the city the worst in the
history
of the county. Winds have pushed flames from Ramona all the way to
Clairemont Mesa in less than 12 hours. That is about 20 miles. 50 homes
and
80,000 acres burned so far and those numbers are climbing by the hour.
The
structure count will go up for sure when the smoke clears. They are
warning
folks that an anticipated wind shift tonight might push the fire
through
Fairbanks Ranch into Rancho SantaFe.

So many fires burning around the state that it wasn't until about 11 AM
they reported that 2 air tankers were being dispatched to SD to assist.
So
for, all they can do is evacuate and attempt limited structure defense.
At least 3 deaths confirmed in San Diego, probably more up north. I-15
and
163 and 52 are all closed.



I sew that on news here.
All my best wishes.

Now they are evacuating Kearny Mesa. Thats a densely populated area of
north SD city. I live in north county well out of the path of the southern
fire, and far enough south of the Valley Center fire to only be a little
concerned about it. Winds are calm close to the coast but inland they are
causing problems. I just went upstairs and looked to the east and you can
see smoke plumes rising in the northeast and southeast against a total grey
backdrop moving slowly south. To the west just haze. This is a dry Santa
Ana wind day and without the fires it would be absolutely clear. A very
sad day out here.

ScottW