JETTA! JETTA! YOU OKAY?
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Heard about the wildfires currently burning in and around San Diego; authorities are saying the fires are "out of control."
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Yeah, but the wildfires really got bad only this morning, and evacuations of some areas around SD have been ordered.Originally posted by Hello Kitty:i tot i saw him ystrdy?
By the way, jetta's a she. -
parts of the city I went to high school at, Escondido, are supposed to be under evacuation orders...heard that second hand, don't know how accurate it is.
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*gasp*
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Glad..
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MG, thanks. I've just posted a thread and only just now saw this one that you've started.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Heard about the wildfires currently burning in and around San Diego; authorities are saying the fires are "out of control."
Please check in and let us know how you're doing.
Yes it's outta control. Is your sister okay?
My alarm clock is tuned to the radio and I was shocked awake this morning. The fire that started a couple of days ago has become a raging inferno. It's bad. All day long on TV we've been seeing homes burning to the ground. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Towns to the east of us have been evacuated and we are waiting to see if we're next. We can't flee up north because the 5 and the 15 are blocked either by fires up there or by traffic. It's bad. Del Mar, La Jolla and Carlsbad residents have been told to evacuate just a few hours ago.
Here's a funny tale. This morning as I was getting ready for work (just in case), I heard the mayor saying that we should all stay put and not go to work or school. I called my HR dept and they told me to stay put. Come 1030am, I get a call from a co-worker and she's asking me, how I was, etc. Then she asked, where are you? When I told her I was home, she asked, why? I told her my conversation with HR and she laughed. Sears never closes she said. Not even on the day of the 9/11 attacks! So I went to work 2 hours late. Can you believe that I sold two appliances this morning?!??
Anyway, our weathermen say that the Santa Anas show no signs of abating until Wednesday so we shall see what the new day brings. Thanks for checking up on me MG. -
Whoa! Thanks for the heads-up!Originally posted by Hello Kitty: -
Yes Escondido residents have been told to evacuate. It's very bad up there skid. Check out the local NBC station at www.nbc739.com for details. The area between the 5, the 15 and the 78 have been shut down.Originally posted by skid:parts of the city I went to high school at, Escondido, are supposed to be under evacuation orders...heard that second hand, don't know how accurate it is.
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jetta,Originally posted by jetta:MG, thanks. I've just posted a thread and only just now saw this one that you've started.
Yes it's outta control. Is your sister okay?
My alarm clock is tuned to the radio and I was shocked awake this morning. The fire that started a couple of days ago has become a raging inferno. It's bad. All day long on TV we've been seeing homes burning to the ground. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Towns to the east of us have been evacuated and we are waiting to see if we're next. We can't flee up north because the 5 and the 15 are blocked either by fires up there or by traffic. It's bad. Del Mar, La Jolla and Carlsbad residents have been told to evacuate just a few hours ago.
Here's a funny tale. This morning as I was getting ready for work (just in case), I heard the mayor saying that we should all stay put and not go to work or school. I called my HR dept and they told me to stay put. Come 1030am, I get a call from a co-worker and she's asking me, how I was, etc. Then she asked, where are you? When I told her I was home, she asked, why? I told her my conversation with HR and she laughed. Sears never closes she said. Not even on the day of the 9/11 attacks! So I went to work 2 hours late. Can you believe that I sold two appliances this morning?!??
Anyway, our weathermen say that the Santa Anas show no signs of abating until Wednesday so we shall see what the new day brings. Thanks for checking up on me MG.
GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE OKAY... at least for the time-being.
You're right--it doesn't look good. The fires appear out of control, at least according to all the news reports I've been reading. Is your house in the path of the fire?
If the evacuation order is given, where will you be directed to go?
I don't think my sister's in any danger. She up in Orange County (Garden Grove, actually), which I don't believe is in the path of the fires.
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I'll be watching the news. Take care with the air quality. Wear mask.
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Check out our local NBC station? www.nbc739.com for what's been happening. My heart has been breaking over the images I've seen. Homes just burning burning burning. So many homes have been compromised. A couple of these towns are close to us, just the next couple of towns over. We have been advised to stay indoors and run the a/c. There is ash outside and I'm thankful that none of us have asthma or any kind of lung ailment.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:jetta,
GLAD YOU HEAR YOU'RE OKAY... at least for the time-being.
You're right--it doesn't look good. The fires appear out of control, at least according to all the news reports I've been reading. Is your house in the path of the fire?
If the evacuation order is given, where will you be directed to go?
I don't think my sister's in any danger. She up in Orange County (Garden Grove, actually), which I don't believe is in the path of the fires.
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*sings*
let it rain, let it rain.........
thanks for the updates, jetta. stay safe. -
Can you believe New Orleans is flooded right now?Originally posted by littlestream:
*sings*
let it rain, let it rain.........
thanks for the updates, jetta. stay safe. -
Originally posted by jetta:Can you believe New Orleans is flooded right now?
no kidding! what's becoming with the weather.
well, weathermen call for rain over here. i'll send them over. -
What good will sending weatherman to San Diego do?Originally posted by littlestream:
no kidding! what's becoming with the weather.
well, weathermen call for rain over here. i'll send them over.
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a lot of rain in SG lately .......Originally posted by littlestream:
*sings*
let it rain, let it rain.........
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alamakkkkk.........i am not sending the weathermen lah. i am sending the rain!Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:What good will sending weatherman to San Diego do?
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Thank you. Frankly I'm a little worried. This is a time when you wish you had friends and family close by. Both of which, as you know, we don't have here. Our family in Seattle, esp Granny, are very worried. They keep asking us to drive up there.Originally posted by littlestream:
no kidding! what's becoming with the weather.
well, weathermen call for rain over here. i'll send them over.
It's very dry here and everything is brown, brown, brown. So there 's lots of fuel to burn. The last big fire here was in 2003. My neighbours tell us that it got very close to our housing area and that the air was thick with black smoke. Right now, so far, we can see plumes of smoke several miles away in the distance but anything can happen. Anyway, positive thoughts. -
weather has just been pretty screwed up in too many places this year.......
glad to hear u are still ok so far jetta!
not sure how accurate they are....but it's said that the wind should calm down tomorrow and things ought to be better....
yeah....i saw on the tv too... it just looks....so unreal.... -
TAKE CARE!!!!!!!
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Thank you. Just pray that this fire dies down soon. Thanks again.Originally posted by iaintmad:TAKE CARE!!!!!!! -
We've just realised that we have a telescope still in its box. The hubby and kids are unwrapping and assembling it. Once they've done that we're going to train it in the direction of the plume of smoke we've been seeing all day today.
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erm don't you do not want to see more sad scenes so close to youa nd scare yourself?Originally posted by jetta:We've just realised that we have a telescope still in its box. The hubby and kids are unwrapping and assembling it. Once they've done that we're going to train it in the direction of the plume of smoke we've been seeing all day today.