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Please pray for all of us here in San Diego
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All of California and San Diego is in my prayers. This is terrible to say the least. Many {{{{{Keep Safe}}}}} vibes to everyone. Please stay safe. Are you ready to leave if you have to?
Sending many vibes and prayers to everyone involved.
Many many prayers to all of you guys in Southern Cali..... what a horrible thing to be facing.
Still sending many prayers and vibes that the winds change very soon
Please keep the vibes coming - my grandson is now in the voluntary evacuation area
I have already offered to drive down and bring his cats and him up here till the crisis is over, but his dad refuses! now this a.m. the mayor added their area to the vol. area
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I hope everyone is still staying safe!
Just got a phone call from a client in San Diego (he's near my grandson's place, and that area is still doing fine, although the voluntary evac. remains in effect for them) and his senior citizen parents who were already under mandatory evac. had their evac. area ALSO listed as mandatory evac. and those poor folks and now their good friends are dealing with the strong possiblity of losing their homes
I feel so sad for the children, the elderly and the animals .. so please keep those TCS vibes and prayers coming - San Diego is a wonderful town full of compassionate, caring people - during Katrina they sent tons of all kinds of support and their SPCA trucked over 20 horsetrailer loads of cats in carriers from Katrina, and also other shelters..Oh, I do love San Diego
I was born and raised in Cali and have seen my fair share of fire seasons. I still remember one that was so bad it looked like night for days there was so much ash and you had to wear face masks just to go out anywhere. But this, this is bad. I'm praying for all those who are or can be affected by this. I'm praying for those who have lost their homes or loved ones. And I'm praying for my dad who is prolly down there working as hard as he can. He works for the edison company out there and restores power and downed lines ect.....
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all of you that are in California are in my thoughts and prayers.
This is all over the news in Europe, too, especially since it's reminiscent of what happened in Greece this past summer. My thoughts are with those going through this ordeal.
The fires came within 1/2 mile of my sister's house in the 2003 Cedar fire. She says she's much more worried about this fire because the winds are so much stronger and it's a lot drier than it was in 2003. She's in between the Witch fire and the Harris fire too, with nowhere to go. Her ex-boyfriend's neighborhood (Spring Valley) was evacuated last night and his home will likely burn. Unfortunately, he's in Wisconsin right now visiting relatives and won't be able to save anything. This is so incredibly scary. My prayers are with all of you.
The news pix are terrible - I do so feel for you all out there. Ilived in LA for two years, visiting San Diego many times, so I know how beautiful it is. I used to ride above Malibu, in the hills that are now burning. I can only send good vibes to all of you that you and yours live through it safely.
Sending lots of }}}}}}}}}stay safe{{{{{{{{{{{
I'm in Los Angeles. I'm not in a direct fire path, but the air is filled with smoke, and the cars are getting covered in ashes almost like snow fall. It's hot, like about 94 degree's but I am keeping all of my windows closed, so the smoke can't get in. I don't have A/C, so it's hot in my apartment, but at least my cats and I aren't breathing in any direct smoke from outside.
I'm praying for everyone in San Diego.
Stay safe!
Stay safe!
Sending prayers your way, hope you are safe!
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Hope everyone in Southern CA stay safe and they get a handle on the fires soon. I used to live in Southern CA when I was a kid taking care of a relative. Now I'm currently in Central CA and we are being affected by the smoke.
Everyone is in our prayers and thoughts.
Everyone is in our prayers and thoughts.
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So here is an updat, I am going to give a basic reveiw because there is so much info that I would be here for an hour just posting.
This moring the Harris fire in the Chula Vista(south, right mext to Mexico) area got way out of control and most of the area was evacuated. The Witch fire to the north also raged out of control and actually made it all the way to the coast in Del Mar(north of downtown San Diego). All of Del Mar and surrounding areas were evacuated. The numbers range in the area of 500,000-600,000 people evacuated from their homes. Somewhere between 1000-2000 homes have been lost and about 30 people total, firefighters and civilians have been injures. There has been one human death and many animals fron pets to livestock to wildlife have been lost. All fires are contained at different levels ranging from 1%(the Witch Fire) to 10%(the Harris Fire). About 30000 people are with out power or gas , Ramona is out of water. Their main pump broke the are under a mandatory order to boil all water. We have all been asked to restrick power and water use, to help the people who need to fight the fires.
This evening we finally got a break, it does not sound like much and things could change at any minute but for us its relief. THE WIND HAS STOPPED! Not just a lite breeze but fully stopped. The air is an erie still but it means the fires will not advance, for now in any way. Humidity levels have gone up into the double ditgets and their is talk that the arine layer will return on Thursday. Were are still under a red flag warning untill 3pm Wends. but acording to all predictions we should see some major reilf. No rain but higher humidities and little to no wind will help the fire fighters fight this blaze. The lack of wind has allowed the firefighters to fight the fire with fire. They are starting controled burns in the path of th efires so if they do advance they will reach an area with no fule and stop. Hopefully this will help save homes. We are expecting C130s(I think thats what they are, the big millitary cargo planes) to arive from all over the country today. Plus amny more helicopters to help fight it. Getting those will put a large dent in the fires.
The residents of Chula Vista have been alowed to return home,so have some areas of Del Mar and surrounding areas.
A few bad notes though from this evening, the residents of Julian, who were effected buy the Ceder Fire in 2003 are under a mandatory evacuation tonight. They are predicting the fire will turn and move east. Its sad most of these people just finished rebuilding from the last fire and were on the way to finally getting past it and now they have to go through it all over again.
More directly to me. Trader Joe's, the company I work for had to close 4 stores that were all in the path of the fire. No word yet if the stores made it. We have heard that one employee from one of the stores did lose their home. The ones that I work directl with that live in Ramona were evacuated and are safe. No one lost a thing. Because of the stores closing the company decided instead of cancelling all daily deliveris they just redirected the trucks and sent all the food to the emergency shelters. To give you an idea of how much was delivered these stores all recieve between 3-6 full size semitrucks, full 2 times a day. Almost all the people I work with now have refugies staying with them. A few have 10 poeple and pets staying in small one bedroom apartment. Its tight and they are tired but its worth it knowing family and friends are safe.
That is enough for now. Its 1am for me, and I did still work today. I have been up since about 6am yesterday morning just watching the news and hoping it got better. At midnight tonight the tv channels took a break from news finally after 2 days of continous coverage and are running normal shows. I so despretly need the mental break and just have a good laugh for a bit.
Thank you all for your thoughts, vibes and prayers. We are still not out of the woods but hopefully everything continues to get better. I will give an update tomorrow.
Good night for now.
This moring the Harris fire in the Chula Vista(south, right mext to Mexico) area got way out of control and most of the area was evacuated. The Witch fire to the north also raged out of control and actually made it all the way to the coast in Del Mar(north of downtown San Diego). All of Del Mar and surrounding areas were evacuated. The numbers range in the area of 500,000-600,000 people evacuated from their homes. Somewhere between 1000-2000 homes have been lost and about 30 people total, firefighters and civilians have been injures. There has been one human death and many animals fron pets to livestock to wildlife have been lost. All fires are contained at different levels ranging from 1%(the Witch Fire) to 10%(the Harris Fire). About 30000 people are with out power or gas , Ramona is out of water. Their main pump broke the are under a mandatory order to boil all water. We have all been asked to restrick power and water use, to help the people who need to fight the fires.
This evening we finally got a break, it does not sound like much and things could change at any minute but for us its relief. THE WIND HAS STOPPED! Not just a lite breeze but fully stopped. The air is an erie still but it means the fires will not advance, for now in any way. Humidity levels have gone up into the double ditgets and their is talk that the arine layer will return on Thursday. Were are still under a red flag warning untill 3pm Wends. but acording to all predictions we should see some major reilf. No rain but higher humidities and little to no wind will help the fire fighters fight this blaze. The lack of wind has allowed the firefighters to fight the fire with fire. They are starting controled burns in the path of th efires so if they do advance they will reach an area with no fule and stop. Hopefully this will help save homes. We are expecting C130s(I think thats what they are, the big millitary cargo planes) to arive from all over the country today. Plus amny more helicopters to help fight it. Getting those will put a large dent in the fires.
The residents of Chula Vista have been alowed to return home,so have some areas of Del Mar and surrounding areas.
A few bad notes though from this evening, the residents of Julian, who were effected buy the Ceder Fire in 2003 are under a mandatory evacuation tonight. They are predicting the fire will turn and move east. Its sad most of these people just finished rebuilding from the last fire and were on the way to finally getting past it and now they have to go through it all over again.
More directly to me. Trader Joe's, the company I work for had to close 4 stores that were all in the path of the fire. No word yet if the stores made it. We have heard that one employee from one of the stores did lose their home. The ones that I work directl with that live in Ramona were evacuated and are safe. No one lost a thing. Because of the stores closing the company decided instead of cancelling all daily deliveris they just redirected the trucks and sent all the food to the emergency shelters. To give you an idea of how much was delivered these stores all recieve between 3-6 full size semitrucks, full 2 times a day. Almost all the people I work with now have refugies staying with them. A few have 10 poeple and pets staying in small one bedroom apartment. Its tight and they are tired but its worth it knowing family and friends are safe.
That is enough for now. Its 1am for me, and I did still work today. I have been up since about 6am yesterday morning just watching the news and hoping it got better. At midnight tonight the tv channels took a break from news finally after 2 days of continous coverage and are running normal shows. I so despretly need the mental break and just have a good laugh for a bit.
Thank you all for your thoughts, vibes and prayers. We are still not out of the woods but hopefully everything continues to get better. I will give an update tomorrow.
Good night for now.
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This just broke into regular programing. I know I still have not gone to bed yet. Its 2am but this is big.
Fallbrooke was told they could all return home this afternoon but within the last half hour 2 fires have started on Camp Pendelton and are moving east, fast. Fallbrooke and surrounding areas are being told to leave again. Its mandatory for them. The I5(interstate 5) is now closed in both directions. Small fires are starting to pop up all over. People in effected areas are now being told to start heading east.
It was such a fast news break that the news castter was still in civilian type clothing, a teeshirt and ball cap. They just threw him infront of the camera with the latest upedates.
Please continue to pray. We need all the help we can get. Donations can be made to the Red Cross. They ask all checks be made out to Red Cross San Diego Fires. All shelters are asking for canned dog and cat food, along with feed for all types of animals. Clothing, bedding, diapers, sanitary items are also needed. I am only posting this part for those of you who want to help but don't know how. If you want numbers or addresses for where to send things PM me or post here and I will let you know in the next day or so. My DH and I are putting together old towels and thing like the free samples I got for Karma to take and donate. We also plan on spending my days off for the next few weeks donating our time to help with the evacuated animals. Dogs need walkers cats need to be played with and all others need some loving care.
It seems like we were only out of the woods for a few hours. The wind is picking up and its getting bad again.
Fallbrooke was told they could all return home this afternoon but within the last half hour 2 fires have started on Camp Pendelton and are moving east, fast. Fallbrooke and surrounding areas are being told to leave again. Its mandatory for them. The I5(interstate 5) is now closed in both directions. Small fires are starting to pop up all over. People in effected areas are now being told to start heading east.
It was such a fast news break that the news castter was still in civilian type clothing, a teeshirt and ball cap. They just threw him infront of the camera with the latest upedates.
Please continue to pray. We need all the help we can get. Donations can be made to the Red Cross. They ask all checks be made out to Red Cross San Diego Fires. All shelters are asking for canned dog and cat food, along with feed for all types of animals. Clothing, bedding, diapers, sanitary items are also needed. I am only posting this part for those of you who want to help but don't know how. If you want numbers or addresses for where to send things PM me or post here and I will let you know in the next day or so. My DH and I are putting together old towels and thing like the free samples I got for Karma to take and donate. We also plan on spending my days off for the next few weeks donating our time to help with the evacuated animals. Dogs need walkers cats need to be played with and all others need some loving care.
It seems like we were only out of the woods for a few hours. The wind is picking up and its getting bad again.
