these fire days

"Fire Might Spread 'All The Way To The Ocean' Unless the shrieking Santa Ana winds subside, fire crews said that they can do little more than try to wait it out and react."
from NBC San Diego page today Oct 24 2007

and today's fire map from around 11 am



San Diego's main newspaper
The San Diego Union Tribune
continues with the Cartoon tradition
'cause today more than ever
San Diegans need a bit of sense of humor
[click on images for a bigger size]

our Californian flag
the poor bear...



and yes, ironic indeed
worth mentioning that Tijuana major and
Mexican authorities, from the "other side"
of the fence have been sending firefighters
and aids to San Diego



indeed very special and unforgettable times
we are living here these days

500,000 San Diegans to evacuate

the newspaper this morning
October 23, 2007 said
300,000 evacuees
but by 10 pm so far
500,000 people
have been evacuated from their homes!



the major evacuation center is in Qualcomm Stadium

the situation according to evacuees and refugees is under control
so far
very few injured people or firemen
which is the most important part

but sadly the fires are still not under control!

where i live, you cannot see any of the fires
but you can smell the smoke pretty heavy and the sky is orange and smoky
here a map of the Fires around the county
from the San Diego County Emergency Web page
Oct 23, 2007 at 6 pm



the blue dot is where i live, so pretty much the fires are below and above... and well to see those acres and acres of terrain and homes burning, is just heart-breaking... many parts of the area of San Diego county are used to grow avocados, oranges, or grow livestock... many animals shelters are receiving horses, large pets, goats, birds, etc.



very sad situtation, schools are closed, and well, strange to say but sadly our offices are closed, like 1/2 San Diego offices

it seems that Thursday will be the day when things will be better with the wind so the things are expected to calm down then,

Fire in San Diego, still NOT under control

the fires in San Diego county
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!

sunny diego on fire!

October is the fire month
but this time
seem that San Diego has been hit
by one of the worst fires in
California story

last night, I went to bed
watching on the news how 2
big fires took over San Diego County

but this morning, at 5am
i turn on the TV
and the 2 fires have become 8 fires!

the very dry and highly windy conditions
have made this fire very hard to control

so far, many areas of the East and North county
of San Diego have been evacuated

most schools and offices are closed
i went to work but they close the office around 9.30 am
so i came back home
and we all San Diegans are just waiting for
these fires to get under control

the only hope is that the weather helps
specially the winds to mellow



so far Southern California and all the San Diego
city and County have been declared in
state of emergency

the Governator is here in San Diego
and we have so far Federal support to stop
the fire, but sometimes now even all the money
or efforts can stop Nature

we can just can hope for the wind to change direction
and be ready in case of evacuation...

hopefully, things will be back to "normal"
in our city soon

das Abendessen in Ocean Beach

1. waiting, waiting, and more waiting



2. got it!



3. now just to find the pepper... and this is going to be so good!

3

my little corner of the world

this is where
from the shadows of my heart
i hide
and where the hopes of my days
rest alone

where i read
where i dream of the days to come
and
where sometimes i softly too cry
here is where i study and forget too

where i miss you
where i love you and think of you

this is my little corner
where besides the hopes
i keep some dusty plants
that in purple flowers shape
smile at me now & then

i have read many words here
and listened to the sound of hummingbirds
flying over my head
every day find a place to hide
in the outside



my little corner on this world
right on 34th Street
as i told you
on a muttered tired voice
on an missing-you-again lonely night

if you could one day
enter this private space
would mean
you have entered and stayed
in the most precious corner of my
heart and the garden of my soul
if you want to find out
what inside of me, is really about...

luz

there is always a little light ON
somewhere
if you look closer, if pay attention

recommended is to keep
your eyes and soul
wide open

some modest light
might come in
or out your senses

it nice when your receive the light
but sometimes even more fulfilling
is to give it...

there are lights flying all over
visual soulful frequencies
one just tune-in, smile at them softly
be humble
and catch them

tow away

Robert Frost and I want to lick Polly Jean Harvey's legs

sure! why not?
there are many things i would like to write about tonight
but i am too tired and a bit stupid
so... why not more quotes?
i let the word to one of my favorite
quote producers
poet and respected mister Robert Frost,

he said that...

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

and that...

"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom."

also he thought that...

"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."

and he wrote this little poem and many many more

Fire And Ice

Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice...

oh what a man!
what mind and heart he had

if i could have a conversation with mister Robert Frost
but he's dead since 1963, and i don't think
he'd be as excited to talk to me anyway

i would like to keep on chatting/writing

but as old Frost himself would have said...

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

and m i l e s to go...
before I sleep


miles, he wrote
and being him North-American
then mister Frost's Metric
was in non-metric system
(i wonder who would understand this very silly joke)

and what better to go with Robert Frost
than a miss PJ Harvey s
this woman rocks!!
and can you get rid of her?
that red dress!
and
Lick my legs I'm on fire
Lick my legs of desire
ahhh

I’ll tie your legs
Keep you against my chest
Oh, you’re not rid of me
Yeah, you’re not rid of me
I’ll make you lick my injuries
I’m gonna twist your head off, see

Lick my legs I'm on fire
Lick my legs of desire

and if i were to be a gentleman
instead of a nice mexican girl ;)
then
to this woman i would
her 'in fire legs'
many times lick lick lick...
she rocks!
i saw her once live
at the Hollywood Palladium
one of my 1st times in Los Angeles
walking like a rock star
on golden stars all over
Hollywood Boulevard
about to see PJ Harvey

once you make it to LA
you are too a rock star!

end of Robert Frost and
Polly Jean Harvey's very lick-able legs

Ps. today i got my download for Radiohead's
In Rainbows
endlich! <-- (Wie gut ist mein Deutsch?)
i paid £2.45
http://inrainbows.com/