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SAN DIEGO FIRE UPDATE - 10/24/07 9am
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Posted by marci4tony Wed Oct 24, 2007 09:02:55 MDT
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0 responses 0 comments With some successes and some great containment numbers in the LA area, the crisis is not over for the San Diego County victims.

An uncle of my husbands has a home in Rancho Bernardo.  We have been closely watching the "destroyed" list of homes in that city grow and up until last night, his street had not been mentioned.  That was, until last night.  From what we know, his house has been spared, but nearly 50% of his neighbors on that street weren't so lucky.

My adult daughters live in El Cajon - They were victims 4 years ago from the fires.  They did not loose their home, but the water and smoke damage took a tremendous amount of time and money to fix.  So far, they have been safe.

I hear good news is on the horizon - The Santa Ana's are predicted to slow down, and some cooler onshore breezes forecasted for tomorrow should bring some relief to the area. 

Again, www.cbs8.com has a wealth of information about evacuation areas, listing of homes destroyed, directions to evac centers.  This website, and others, have been an important link to my family over the last couple of days.  They update information as quickly as it comes in. 

There are still lots of power outages - most notably in North County this morning - and residents are urged to conserve power and water where they can.  The WITCH fire and the POOMACHA fires have merged.   They have shut down rail service due to the fire on the base of Camp Pendleton.  I5 was also shut down earlier this morning, and I am unaware of whether its still closed or not.

What can we Idaho'ns learn from this surreal natural disaster?  What should we be doing to prepare ourselves for an area crisis - be it fire, or a blizzard, or an earthquake?

I will check in again this afternoon and update the information.  I will also post this on my blog.  I have been trying to update a couple times a day about the fire for those who may have family, like myself, in the area affected. 

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