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San Diego fires, Thursday update

October 25th, 2007 – 22:35

Real quick, ’cause it’s late and I’m tired:
The networks are sick of the coverage, we’re back in “normal” mode on TV.
Qualcomm’s closing at Noon tomorrow as far as evac shelters go. They say the population’s dwindling. Not surprised. If they didn’t close it, the homeless would migrate there and it’d be 2 [...]

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Socal fires, Wednesday update

October 24th, 2007 – 16:05

Continuation of the fire updates… Things are better, and things are worse.
Two new fires have sprung up further north, Rice Canyon and Horno (Camp Pendleton areas). Also the Witch Creek fire, the worst one going — the one you’ve likely seen on TV, if you’re watching on a national level — has merged with [...]

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SoCal fires, Tuesday update

October 23rd, 2007 – 19:35

Continuation of yesterday’s stuff…
Still going, like the energizer bunny. I’m off work again tomorrow, though I have to call before 7am and let them know I’m alive. The kids have been cut loose for the whole week.
Our PBS affiliate (KPBS) has put together a Google Map with all the relevant information about evac [...]

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SoCal fires

October 22nd, 2007 – 11:52

We are fine. Thought I’d get that out there.
Yeah, the fires are burning. Here’s a set of maps of what’s going on. The evac area (the red part of the second map) is about 15 miles north of us right now. The fires, the best we can understand, appear to be [...]

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