In article ,
dave weil wrote:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:10:52 -0800, "ScottW"
wrote:

The Valley Center fire has moved into Escondido and they are calling for
evacuations in the northeast corner. I can see plumes of smoke due east of
my place, probably 10 to 15 miles. Smoke is still moving to the south but
it appears to be calming.

They just mentioned that fires are reported in Rancho Bernardo south of
Poway. I dont know of a section of RB that is south of Poway but it could
be.
It has pretty much swept through Scripps Ranch now and the worst area is
Tierra Santa which was evacuated earlier. Their showing homes going up
there.
Fire lines on the ridges east of Carmel Mountain Ranch have those folks
worried.
Now San Carlos along Mission Gorge and Mission Trails park is being
evacuated.

They're saying the fire reached all the way down to Otay Lakes and has
crossed into Mexico. Acreage burned is estimated to be in excess of 100K
acres in SD county.

Ummmm, do we *really* need all of these updates?

Maybe we can make exceptions for World Series results and natural
disasters.

My late grandparents used to live east of San Diego, so I know the area
a bit.

Stephen

"MiNE 109" wrote in message
...
In article ,
dave weil wrote:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:10:52 -0800, "ScottW"
wrote:

The Valley Center fire has moved into Escondido and they are calling
for
evacuations in the northeast corner. I can see plumes of smoke due
east of
my place, probably 10 to 15 miles. Smoke is still moving to the south
but
it appears to be calming.

They just mentioned that fires are reported in Rancho Bernardo south
of
Poway. I dont know of a section of RB that is south of Poway but it
could
be.
It has pretty much swept through Scripps Ranch now and the worst area
is
Tierra Santa which was evacuated earlier. Their showing homes going up
there.
Fire lines on the ridges east of Carmel Mountain Ranch have those folks
worried.
Now San Carlos along Mission Gorge and Mission Trails park is being
evacuated.

They're saying the fire reached all the way down to Otay Lakes and has
crossed into Mexico. Acreage burned is estimated to be in excess of
100K
acres in SD county.

Ummmm, do we *really* need all of these updates?

Maybe we can make exceptions for World Series results and natural
disasters.

My late grandparents used to live east of San Diego, so I know the area
a bit.

Stephen

My father is being evacuated.
(not necessarily due to his age)




----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups
---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =---

"Sockpuppet Yustabe" wrote in message
...

My father is being evacuated.
(not necessarily due to his age)

If the wind picks up tomorrow afternoon blowing due west (as one weather
model predicts), the fire east of Escondido is predicted to reach San
Marcos, the fire in Otay Lakes area will go right into Chula Vista, Alpine
fire into El Cajon and the Poway fires will move into RB. The fire chief
says they won't be able to do anything without air support and all of Ca.
tankers are already assigned fires. Apparently they assign them as the
fires break out and since SD's started last, all the tankers were already
in use. Last report I heard, they weren't planning on getting any state
assistance tomorrow.

All the school districts are closed (except San Marcos but I expect that to
change). All non-emergency city and state personnel are to stay home
tomorrow to keep the roads clear. Only freeway that wasn't shut down
somewhere today in the county is I-5.

It is probably best to evacuate your Dad tonight while things are
relatively calm. Weather reports are starting to look promising but they
really don't know what tomorrow will bring. Even mild winds can get the
fires going and then they create their own weather. They had a video of a
fire created tornado that actually showed flames swirling into the air and
touching down a good distance away and starting another fire.

The football game has been moved to Phoenix and the stadium is an evac
center. They already had to close two evac centers out in east county as
they were threatened.

Even if weather cooperates tomorrow this thing won't be over. The Otay
Lakes area fire won't be contained until the 30th and weather is calling
for a couple days of cooling followed by a new high pressure system and
possibly more Santa Ana conditions later in the week or next weekend.

ScottW

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:23:00 -0800, "ScottW"
wrote:


"Sockpuppet Yustabe" wrote in message
...

My father is being evacuated.
(not necessarily due to his age)

If the wind picks up tomorrow afternoon blowing due west (as one weather
model predicts), the fire east of Escondido is predicted to reach San
Marcos, the fire in Otay Lakes area will go right into Chula Vista, Alpine
fire into El Cajon and the Poway fires will move into RB. The fire chief
says they won't be able to do anything without air support and all of Ca.
tankers are already assigned fires. Apparently they assign them as the
fires break out and since SD's started last, all the tankers were already
in use. Last report I heard, they weren't planning on getting any state
assistance tomorrow.

All the school districts are closed (except San Marcos but I expect that to
change). All non-emergency city and state personnel are to stay home
tomorrow to keep the roads clear. Only freeway that wasn't shut down
somewhere today in the county is I-5.

It is probably best to evacuate your Dad tonight while things are
relatively calm. Weather reports are starting to look promising but they
really don't know what tomorrow will bring. Even mild winds can get the
fires going and then they create their own weather. They had a video of a
fire created tornado that actually showed flames swirling into the air and
touching down a good distance away and starting another fire.

The football game has been moved to Phoenix and the stadium is an evac
center. They already had to close two evac centers out in east county as
they were threatened.

Even if weather cooperates tomorrow this thing won't be over. The Otay
Lakes area fire won't be contained until the 30th and weather is calling
for a couple days of cooling followed by a new high pressure system and
possibly more Santa Ana conditions later in the week or next weekend.

It's turned cold here in Nashville.

And it's raining.