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!
