We're burning up!
 

Hey everyone.....if you could please keep us San Diegans in your thoughts for the next few days....my parents got a call at 6 am from the City of Carlsbad informing them they may need to evacuate. I know many people who live out in Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe....all of which are burning up as I type......and if you've never experienced a fire scare, there's nothing else like it ~ my family and I almost lost our house when I was 13.....in 1996......and here we go again. The Cedar Fire of 2003 caused all of San Diego to become a hazy orange color and dropped ash everywhere, but our house wasn't at risk that time........good lord this is scary!!

Oh I'm SOOO very sorry to hear this, and you and your family are definitely in my thoughts and prayers!

My parents live in Carlsbad too, but no evacuation call has been issued in their area. What area are your parents in?

wow. I'm so sorry. be careful and keep us posted.

It's horrible. Houses are burning down in a matter of minutes right now in Rancho Bernardo.

Last night my cousin had to evacuate from her home in Ramona. She had to load up 4 horses, two dogs and her 4 children by herself. She's all of 5' tall and the thought of her having to hitch the horse trailer and leave her home is hard to imagine. Her husband is a fireman about 30 miles away from their home but wasn't allowed to leave to go help her out. I still haven't heard from her this morning so I'm not sure where they ended up.

I'm only 2 blocks from the beach but the air quality is bad and the ash is flying everywhere. This fire is following the same path as the Cedar fire here in 2003. Everyone is saying this will be more destructive because the winds aren't supposed to die down until Wednesday. Hundreds of homes were destroyed in 2003 and if this is worse we can only pray that everyone gets out safely. Jamie (jkmaletic) is in North San Diego County I believe. I hope you are okay and safe!

Update: Over 250,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in San Diego. The wind is sending burning embers in every direction causing fires to start up. Evacuation locations are changing because original evacuation sites are now in the path of the fire. One of the local newscasters just reported that his house is on fire.

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This sort of thing makes you feel so helpless. I hope everyone stays safe.

Any more word on evacuations in Carlsbad? It didn't seem logical to me, considering the distance from Ramona area. My parents live in Carlsbad on the coast, but they've had no word to evacuate.

I have some siblings in Poway, & the kids called me this morning, coughing & wheezing from all the smoke. I told them, Hey, your uncle's eyes are burning too, since I'm 5 miles from the Irvine/Lake Forest fire -- which was set by a friggin' arsonist.

I haven't heard anything about Carlsbad. Surprisingly though they are evacuating parts of Solana Beach and Del Mar. You can't go any further west then that. The problem is that there are 8 separate fires right now in San Diego and fixed wing planes aren't able to fly and drop water on the fire because of the winds. I'm getting nervous because the most southern fire has now jumped Otay Lakes which is directly east of me. It's still 10+ miles away but the Santa Ana winds are blowing towards me. I am probably going to be taking in relatives tonight that have been evacuated from their homes. When this is all said and done, the number of destroyed homes will be staggering.

sending good thoughts that way. I just saw briefly on tv what's been going on, but we were so busy today at work I couldn't get any details. Such a horrible thing :(

I'm so sorry that this is happening to everybody. I hope that everyone gets out safe, and that they can get this under control soon :(

Sending you my thoughts, I have family throughout California, so I am concerned about these fires.

I am so scared for the people in the path of the fires. This is so terrible and frightening. My best friend lives in Cali and I am worried for her and her loved ones. Being in the Chicago area, fires are not an issue for us, but that all changes when you have people you care about deeply being affected. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

This is just terrible. Sending positive thoughts your way!!!!!

Hey All-

I (Jamie) actually live in La Mesa (just east of the city of San Diego). I am fine, although my partner and I have just gotten done packing 3 days worth of clothes, medications, pet food etc. in case we suddenly have to leave.
Today at around 3pm, I had to evacuate my workplace due to a fire being about 1 block away. I work in a radiology clinic and a patient spotted smoke across the street. After seeing it myself, we got all of our patients out of the building and gave them our cards to reschedule their appointments. After that, I RUSHED MY ASS home! That's when I started packing. So we are ready to go if we need to. One thing I learned - it's good to watch the news for updates, but you also gotta look out your windows too. I NEVER expected to see black smoke across the street from my workplace today, but there it was. :distress:

Thanks for all your kind words. You know, Stevie's house may also be in danger with the Malibu fire. She's safe in Chicago though. I hope her home is ok - can you imagine all the poetry and demos and ....I don't even wanna think about it. :distress:

Beachwood you stay safe too!

~jamie

^ Glad to hear you are okay Jamie! I thought you lived in Escondido and I got worried.

Terry