Some people may have heard about new fires in Southern California. Fires are burning in Malibu, Orange County, and San Diego and county.
Here is a very impressive picture: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/CAfires_from_space.jpg (I copied it from http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/14396456/detail.html as it is under flash-viewer, and cannot be referred to directly and it might be pushed out later today.) It is an unprecedented fire in San Diego county that started on Sunday. There are several fires in the county, surrounding the central part of the city, and spreading in various sides, some merging with each other. It looks like the exact number of people evacuated is not known, as different news sources and officials report different numbers: between 300,000 and 500,000. Over 1000 buildings are burned. All universities and schools and many companies are shutdown since Monday, and expected to be that way at least until Wednesday, and possibly through the end of the week. Most events are canceled or postponed. Most air-broadcast TV stations in San Diego have direct news broadcast about 18-20 hours per day. Last night, the nearest evacuation zone boundary was about 3-5 miles from our place, so we packed the most valuable documents and photos before going to bed, to be ready for quick evacuation if ordered. This morning the Witch Creek fire that was the most threating to us has seemingly slowed down, while another one (Harris) that is in the SouthEastern side of the county is spreading more. Those who are interested in the detailed and timely updated map can look here: http://tinyurl.com/37dvp2 Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
