Fires
We’ve received many phone calls and emails about the wildfires that are raging throughout Southern California. Immediate danger to our house appears minimal, although the air quality is unbelievably bad with ash raining down. The fire that was going yesterday (Monday) in San Marcos (due east of us) was a real concern as the Santa Ana winds would have blown it right through us. It appears that particular fire is now 100% contained and mostly under control. The major tragedies are the Witch Creek, Harris and Rice fires. About 6-12 miles to the south of us, the huge Witch Creek fire has mowed down a broad swatch of open space, rural and residential communities from Ramona, through Rancho Bernardo and Escondido, touching Rancho Santa Fe and Fairbanks Ranch and continuing on towards the coast. It currently threatens areas near Del Mar near the ocean. Many of our friends in Encinitas, Olivenhain, Leucadia and La Costa have evacuated, either voluntarily or at the request of authorities. We are packed to leave but so far do not feel seriously threatened, and consider ourselves very lucky. At the moment.
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Some links:
The best page for info about the perimeter of the fires, but it is getting very heavy traffic: San Diego Fires - Information.
SD Union-Tribune blog, updated frequently. Traffic was so heavy they had to move this page to Blogspot, the U-T servers couldn’t deal with the demand.
SD Union-Tribune main website (often down due to heavy traffic)
Local TV news coverage: NBC, ABC, CBS.
Area Traffic: SigAlert, Dept of Transportation
An interesting, animated look at the smoke plumes from space: Satellite Animated View.
