San Diego Fires

[Not Afraid]

KatieSue posted that she was packing up belongings in another thread. Apparently, they are evacuating many, many areas as several out of control fires are about to converge into one larger one.

I know Ponine and CJ are contacting Kati. Please keep us updated here about what's going on.

KatieSue and Madz...be safe. Anyone else in that area? DisneyDaniel? Mousewife, where are you?

[Ponine]

NA asked me to post news updates, so for those of you out of the area, here's what I feel are the higlights I know.

Many schools are closed, at least three school distrcits, there is No court activity today.

The SD Union Fire Blog <-- This is very hard to load, but is where I am pulling news from.

23,000 without power
6:55 a.m.
Power outages totaling more than 23,000 customers have occurred throughout communities in North and East County.
Affected areas include Fallbrook, Escondido, San Marcos, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Penasquitos, Julian, Ramona, Santa Ysabel, Rainbow, Poway, Encinitas, Cardiff By the Sea, Olivenhain, Del Mar, Valley Center, Jamul, Dulzera, Potrero and Alpine, according to SDG&E.

Boundaries on western mandatory evacuation area
7:09 a.m.
According to San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders: Everyone north of state Route 56, south of Del Dios Highway, west of Interstate 15 and east of Interstate 5 should evacuate. Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley is opening as an evacuation center.

Latest evacuation notices
8:32 a.m.
Here are the latest evacuation notices. Over 30,000 Reverse 911 calls have gone out.
Coronado Hills Fire (in San Marcos): Notifications made to 1,000 residents in the communities of Coronado Hills and Discovery Hills in San Marcos and to Attebury Rd. and Deadwood Rd. They were evacuated to Escondido High School.

Mission (Fallbrook) Fire: Notifications made to Rainbow Area residents (I-15 on west, Rainbow Valley on the north, Pala Temecula on the East and Pala Rd. on the south) instructing residents to evacuate to the west.

Witch Fire: Evactuation notices have gone out to Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve; Del Dios; Lake Hodges; in Poway at Espola Rd., Old Coach Rd., Heritage Rd. and Stage Coach Rd. Reverse 911 notification has been made for Poway in the area bordered by Pomerado on the west, Twin Peaks on the south and Espola on the north and east. Poway has established an evacuation center at Poway Civic Center.

Harris Fire: Notifications have been made to residents of Mother Grundy Truck Trail and Deer Horn Valley. They were evacuated to Steele Canyon High School. Future evacuatees will be directed to Santana High School in Santee. Mandatory evacuation in progress for Coyote Holler. They were evacuated East to Campo. Mandatory evactuation notices sent for areas north of Lake Wohlford.

Pomerado Hospital being evacuated; I-15 open in both directions
9:16 a.m.
Interstate 15:
Interstate 15 has been reopened by the California Highway Patrol in both directions. The exception is to the offramps between Lake Hodges and Mercy Road. The offramps only will remain closed.

Pomerado Hospital
Pomerado Hospital is being evacuated, along with nursing homes on Monte Vista Road. Ambulances and school buses are being used for the evacuations.

Call to all SDPD officers to return to duty
9:10 a.m.
All SDPD on and off duty detectives (investigators) will be working in uniform today until further notice. They are to report to the headquarters building.

All SDPD scheduled graveyard shift officers need to report to their commands at 6 p.m. tonight.

[Ponine]

Before someone corrects me, the list of school closures, and distrcits is way longer than I knew of....

The following colleges have announced they will be closed today for students and non-essential employees:

California State University San Marcos

Contining Education classes by the San Diego Community College District in the Miramar area

Miramar College

Palomar College

University of California San Diego

University of San Diego

I wont list the primary and high schools... suffice it to say, if the colleges are closed..... kids arent going either.

[katiesue]

We're fine so far. I've got all the photos and bags in the car just in case. And I just filled up on gas.

I'm in Rancho Bernardo just east of the 15 freeway. They've evacuated on the other side of the freeway but not this side - yet. We're keeping an eye on things.

Thanks so much for the offers of help!!

[MouseWife]

The Hubster is in the process of filling up all of the vehicles. He picked up some dust masks at one of those mini marts.

I'm listening to what is going on but it just isn't clear enough for me here. I guess that means we are alright. The comment just made about how someone who is safe right now may not be safe tonight. I forgot about that from the last time. I guess we need to get things together in case we need to leave in the middle of the night.

I hope I am only panicking and for no good reason.

My sons' school hasn't officially been closed, but, they have been calling children with asthma and telling them to stay home. Gawd, just opened the front door for a moment and now the house stinks.

Make sure to have working flashlights, first aid kit for the car, water, charged up phones, food for the pets ready to go, too. Oh, a cooler?

Katiesue, take care! Thank you Ponine for the information!

[Morrigoon]

We listen to a San Diego-based radio station here at work... they just announced that ALL of Rancho Santa Fe is under mandatory evacuation.

[Strangler Lewis]

Yeah, my elderly aunts in Rancho Santa Fe were evacuated. They got out the RV and the Mercedes. They would have liked to be able to go back for the Cadillac. What, if anything, they filled them with I don't know.

[Disneyphile]

If anyone needs evac help, please call/PM me. Since I work from home, and I'm right off the 22, I can be there fairly quickly with my CR-V (and I'm willing to even head down to SD too). And, anyone's welcome to use our garage for storage, and we can put anyone up as well.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Please be safe, all.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Prayers and best thoughts out to all of you who have homes or family in danger. Please let us know if we can help.