are still NOT under control
about 250,000 people have been asked
to leave their homes
so far so many homes have been lost
in different areas of the city
there is an official
Fire-blog from Sign0nSanDiego
for online news
and the
San Diego County Emergency Homepage
all local news TV Channels
fox 6
nbc 7/39
and all the other local channels
are just transmitting about the Fires
continuously
there are fires also in Los Angeles
and San Bernardino areas
but San Diego county is the most affected
here the areas of the city to be evacuated or possible evacuated
all the way to the Coast... very sad
still ALL offices and Schools
including major universities
are CLOSED on Tuesday
the whole city is in state of Emergency
they are asking people that has not being evacuated
like me
to stay home and keep of the roads
also the air quality is pretty bad
heavy with smoke and very dry
the main Evacuation center is
Qualcomm Stadium
that is 10 minutes from my house!
where about 10, 000 persons
are sleeping tonight!!!
there are about 19 centers open
for the evacuees to take refugee for the night
and the saddest part, the fires are not controlled yet
and the weather is not helping at all!
they expect the strong winds and temperature to come down
until Wednesday
they are asking also to keep alert during night
as the fires with the strong winds might change direction...
so i guess for a long night of coffee and knitting here...
today the sky has this strange sad
very sad orange and grayish tint
smoke and fire
it is almost surreal
just like it did 4 year ago, in 2003
when the Cedar fires happened
and we thought that was the worst fire in California ever!
just 4 years and here we go again
the infamous Santa Ana winds
very dry winds and strong winds
on an almost hurricane speed
are the main reason why the fire
is so hard to keep under control
but just
keep safe!
2 comments:
Oh Dear, I feel so sorry for you!! I think of you and try my best to send much european rain over..
Maybe this can cheer you up a bit..well might be hard in that situation. But it is a fairytale of a poet from my local area, maybe you manage to get a bit of sense from the german text. Sorry, found no english version.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regentrude
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/?id=5&xid=2798&kapitel=1#gb_found
(the complete german fairy tale..)
All the best!! Many hugs!
Btw, hope you don't mind that I've put you in my linklist.. :)
Hugs again!
thank you so much for your comment and concern! :)
and the link ohhh feli, i will try to translate it later...
i will update the silly blog later today
San Diego is crazy right now, you know?
i am in a safe area but still you can smell the smoke, etc.
but i truly appreciate your nice words!!!
and yeah! thanks for linking "me" heh heh, that way more people can tell how crazy we are ;)
oh Feli, is crazy around here... but NO work and NO schools today, me and couple of friends are trying to figure out how or where to volunteer... hopefully our city will come back to "normal" soon
but this is a tough call for San Diego indeed
hey! you take care and cover yourself well with the cute little coat!! i've heard is really cold there!
gracias again and have a lovely Berlin night!
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