Prayers for Rain
October 23rd, 2007 . by Jilly
By now most of you have heard that there are fires burning all over Southern California. At the end of last week it was super dry and windy. It seems like most of the fires have started in the east inland dry areas and the wind has blown the fires west. About 250,000 have been evacuated from their homes as a precaution, about 1,300 houses have been destroyed, and 1 person has died.
We’re okay, but a little bit of rain would be wonderful. The closest fires to us are Fallbrook and Escondido. Its very unlikely that the fires will reach us.
Many people have been evacuated to Qualcomm Stadium and the Del Mar Fair Grounds. Local hotels have opened their doors to people with nowhere to go. There are people that have lost everything. Its crazy.
It seems like everyone is getting plenty of notice to evacuate, they’re doing reverse 911 phone calls telling people to get ready to evacuate.
At the grocery store, people were buying up all of the water and ice. Cars were lined up around the gas station. ATM machines weren’t working, because the electricity was out. I stocked up on water and non-perishable items. It was really weird to think about where we would go and what we would do.
We always hear that we should have disaster plans. Do you have a little bit of food and water stored up? Do you have somewhere to go, if you have to leave your home?
(Image from NASA)
I didn’t realize how bad it was until this morning, Yahoo News posted something about Magic Mountain being threatened by the fires. Now that was a wake up call, there are about five rides I’ve never been on.
Seriously though I’m glad you guys are ok. I spoke to my sister who lives in San Benardino county near Big Bear and she said the schools are closed down because there is too much smoke in the air.
I can’t belive how far the fires have spread. It seems as thought the entire area of Southern California is on fire.
The bright side is that you can all move up to San Francisco with me.
good post jill.ya its super smoky and ashy near my house.its all yellow outside. my grandparents who live in fall brook got evacuated and showed up at our door last night.we’re taking care of them till its over.we have no idea if they’ll have a home to go back to.crazy