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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Probably not. San Diego is a pretty conservative area (only large city in California that is so).
Therefore expect things to be more civilized.
Ya....God's going after San Diego because he couldn't get the fires whipped up in Las Vegas.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914596/posts
Thinking the same. You’ll be interested in the above thread...arson in Irivine...3 different fire starts.
I am sure he has something else in hand for Vegas :-)
Not when these winds kick up. There's not a firebreak in the word that will stop the embers from traveling in hurricane force gusts.
Here’s a story about two beautiful sister from that exact area four years ago near where Duncan Hunter lost his home. One was burned to death, the other horribly maimed.
Go ahead and make your stupid Sodom and Gomorrah jokes. San Diego is no where near as close to the perverts in San Francisco as you are in your tiny corrupt little state to Manhattan and all of Massachusetts and every other liberal nut up and down the East Cost.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2003/11/07/news/inland/11_6_0322_11_46.txt
Now that's funny!
Exactly!
Prayers for the people who are in the area.
I hope that was suppoesd to say "East of I-15."
Someone tell me....is this near the Navy base?
that is correct
It is difficult to comprehend the absolute delight that some find in the pain and suffering of others. Whenever and wherever disaster strikes, the majority of sufferers are at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Our prayers for all those endangered.
Not close at all. No worries. Tell your son we thank him for his service!
Either these fires all started by lightening strikes, careless campers, or it is a concerted, coordinated plan by 'evil-doers'.
That term applies to IMF & World Bank protesters...as well as ROP jihadists...or just plain ole firebugs.
Jim Rob lives in Fresno, 300 miles North of there
Oh no. Is Julian in trouble again?
The Naval Base is totally safe. These fires are in the brush covered foothills East of San Diego.
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