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CaboMagic
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Fire Areas Checking in On Baja Nomads
Our thoughts are with all ... L&T
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jeans
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I'm at the west end of Ramona.....smoke is choking....fires are 15-20 miles northeast from me ...Southerland Dam area to Old Julian Rd south of 78
moving west/southwest.
Nomad MICK is probably under evacuation...if not yet, then soon.
This looks bad....the air tankers were grounded all day here...too much wind and no visibility...nothing...nothing to stop this.
This fire is 7 hours old and has burned 10,000 acres so far, with winds at 30-50 mph...
I'm packing...
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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Paulina
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Jeans,
Our thoughts are with you, as well as everyone else in the area. Be careful.
P<*)))><
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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DianaT
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Weather reports for tomorrow don't look good---predict more wind.
Pack and STAY SAFE----don't stay too long.
Good Luck
Diane
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Eli
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Holy Moley Jean, I can envision you sweet little home and the surrounding rolling hills, I hope it is saved and you stay safe. may the powers that be
watch over you. Dang..........
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CaboMagic
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Anyone hear from Jeans or have her cel number? Or anyone else from the evacuated/devastated areas?
[Edited on 10-24-2007 by CaboMagic]
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboMagic
Anyone hear from Jeans or have her cel number? Or anyone else from the evacuated/devastated areas?
[Edited on 10-24-2007 by CaboMagic] |
He's not a member on Nomads, but one of my Baja traveling buddies was let back to his house in Escondido near the Wild Animal Park. His neighborhood
survived.
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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Diver
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Any word from Bob H ?
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elgatoloco
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As of the 22nd Jeans had evacuated and was safe. She heard from neighbor that her house was OK.
MAGA
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CaboMagic
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TdeB that is good news!
EGL equally good news thank you!
our thoughts and prayers extend to all who have been displaced and whose lives now will take completely different directions .. its hard to fathom the
extent of that many people having been evacuated ...
edited - heard nearly one million households combined were evacuated due to all the fires .. figured there were multiple residents at each ..
Also when someone comes up with a way to help please post.
[Edited on 10-25-2007 by CaboMagic]
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Roberto
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The "left" (North-West) side of Ramona suffered horrendous losses on this one.
Hope Jeans' place did ok.
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BajaWarrior
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Rancho Bernardo, San Diego north county inland took a major hit, entire neighborhoods have been lost.
Only smoke at our house on the coast. Lots of evacuee's staying at Mission Bay in R.V.'s, and Fiesta Island is being used to board horses from inland
properties.
Heading back to our Beach House early thirty tomorrow, can't work here because of the smoke and ash in the air.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Minnow
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Be safe Chuck. This is just an unbelievable tragedy.
Proud husband of a legal immigrant.
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BajaWarrior
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1300 homes lost to date. The wind has switched and the fire is heading toward the town of Julian, which has already been evacuated. Also, a fire at
Camp Pendleton on the Fallbrook side has increased.
Unbelievable is right Minnow...
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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jeans
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Thank you for your concern!!
The fire skirted Ramona on the north side of the airport. I am directly south of it. I evacuated Sunday night about midnight. I heard 67 was
gridlocked...but nobody was mentioning Highland Valley Road..and I drove right out.
I used the same route to go home yesterday while the National Guard was holding everyone back at 67 & Poway road. I'm very surprised that so few
people know of that road.
Highland Valley area was devastated. I was in tears to see all the smoldering remnants of beautiful homes....fried avocado trees and burned - out
barns.
We do not have water and my internet service is down...but that is minor...just like camping in Baja!
The fire also skirted Ramona to the south....Has anyone heard from MICK? He's east of town south of 78 if I recall.
Again..thank you for your concern...and for all the offers of shelter and assistance. I am blesssed...
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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Eli
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Ah Jeans, there you are, whew! So sorry for all those who lost their homes and the tear evoking mess that surrounds you. I am so glad You and your
Casita is safe, and you got thru without damage to your property again this year. Seems like I read a very similar post from you not to many years
ago. Dang, the Southern California fires and Baja Hurricanes are becoming annual events.
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bajaandy
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Jeans, Glad to hear that everything is OK with you.
I live in the backcountry north of Lake Wohlford. This area was hit pretty hard back in '03 during the Paradise fire. This time, we were really
lucky. We were basically in the middle of a giant horseshoe of fire... fires to the south, north and even east, yet they never quite got to us. Four
miles away at last check. We've been on high alert all week, but now the fires are moving away from us so we're feeling like we're in the clear. We
were under evacuation notice from Monday, but chose to shelter in place due to our well cleared and defensible home. Lost power on Monday, but the
house and well pumps are wired to run on generators, so we did that until Wednesday when they got us back on the grid.
My heart goes out to all that lost lives, homes and property in this horrific event.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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David K
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Good to hear from you Andy... as a former Lake Wohlford resident, I know what the terrain is like... my former home from 1985-1994 was destroyed in
the 2003 fire!
jeans, besides Mick... doesn't Hook live up there too? Glad you are okay!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
jeans, besides Mick... doesn't Hook live up there too? Glad you are okay! |
David.....
Maybe you didn't see my post the other day. Hook claims to be in SJC. I thought that was San Juan Capistrano. Maybe some other place with those
initials? Don't know.
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Loboron
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Here's great link for information on all the Southern Ca fires.
http://www.fire.ca.gov:80/
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