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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...
Pinged you on other thread- are you ok today? Are the fires closer to you or are you well out of the way?
What a nightmare- prayers for SoCa..
What a suprise. NOT!
Glad you chimed in here. I’ve been a bit worried about you.
SD new conference...
dozens of structures lost in several areas...
situation getting worse
fire has jumped I-15...winds picking up..very moving very fast west
You just keep telling yourself that.
>>Makes you wonder how folks who live in these fireprone areas manage to get insurance.<<
With enough money, you can buy anything.
All:
Yikes, the nursing home my grandmother is in is evacuating. They’re just 2-3 miles North of me off Camino Del Norte, West of the 15. Pomerado Hospital and the nursing homes right next to it evacuated earlier this morning.
I think this is more due to air quality concerns rather than fire, but I did hear a report this morning that residences were burning on both sides of the 15 at Rancho Bernardo Road. Could use confirmation though.
250,000?!!
SAN DIEGO - Hundreds of patients were being evacuated Monday from a hospital and nursing homes in the path of one of more than a dozen wildfires engulfing Southern California. One person has been killed and dozens injured in the fires that have forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
Pomerado Hospital and neighboring nursing homes in Poway, a San Diego suburb, were evacuating patients in ambulances and school buses, said Sheriff's spokeswoman Susan Knauss.
No.
Thank you, (((SE Mom))), I just got online. Skies are clear where I am. The Malibu was the closest to me. It is mostly “knocked down” but then the hot spots kick in due to wind...?
Now, Arnie is starting the presser....
I don’t think it is good for people to burn in the fire...wow, are you guys are reading way too much in to a three word comment.
It’s really past time for you to leave the thread.
expected to be much worse then the ceder fire..very grim new conference on going
What does my state have anything to do with this? Let say you are right, I am ill-mannered, would it matter if I was from Texas, Iowa or somewhere else? If you want to attack me go a head, but leave New Jersey out it.
Thinking of you, FRiends....:)
And praying for all.
Leave... just leave...NOW.
Hmmmm...not sure that make any sense...
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