Just a quick update to say that we're back at our house. After hanging out here for much of the day yesterday waiting for more information, and with my MIL, GMIL, and two friends over who had been under mandatory evacuation in their neighborhoods, we did finally get a reverse-911 call around 3:30 pm that our area had come under voluntary evacuation. I took the kids and headed up to Orange County to my parents' house. M stayed here overnight, but came up and joined us this morning to get out of the smoke.
By this morning the evacuation advisory for our area was for poor air quality, not for fire danger. By this evening things had cleared up considerably so we returned home. We passed a large fire right along I-5 coming south past Camp Pendleton, but thankfully there aren't any houses near there. A lot of power lines pass through there from the San Onofre power plant, though, so there are probably a lot of people without power about now.
Anyway, I'm headed to bed but wanted to post that we're back and things for us, at least, are okay. There are an estimated 500,000 people in San Diego evacuated from their homes, and as of the last news report I saw around 500 homes have burned. The winds are expected to die down tomorrow as the high pressure in the desert moves east, so we can only hope that the fires get under control soon. Thank you all for your concern, comments, and emails! I'm glad to be home.
Comments (10)
Thank goodness! I had you in my thoughts. I'm glad you are home! Stay safe.
Posted by Erin | October 24, 2007 4:35 AM
Posted on October 24, 2007 04:35
So glad you are home and safe. I feel bad for all thoses people whose homes are burning. Glad yours wasn't one of them.
Posted by earthchick | October 24, 2007 7:03 AM
Posted on October 24, 2007 07:03
So glad you're able to be back home. What a horrible week for SoCal. I have the entire area in my thoughts. We had a fire about 1% of that size in Taos 4 years ago, and I remember well how horrible it was to wonder if my home was going to be gone in the morning!
Blessings,
mer
Posted by Meredith | October 24, 2007 7:51 AM
Posted on October 24, 2007 07:51
So glad your family is safe!
Posted by tiennie | October 24, 2007 9:14 AM
Posted on October 24, 2007 09:14
I'm so glad you're home and safe! I was thinking of you!
Posted by Opal | October 24, 2007 2:15 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 14:15
Hang in there. This is my first time w/the fires, but I'm glad that everyone is sticking together.
Posted by Susan | October 24, 2007 2:41 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 14:41
Glad you're home, and moreso that you all are safe! What an incredibly scary time for everybody out there.
Posted by lisa | October 24, 2007 4:05 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 16:05
So glad you and your family is okay! And that you're home and safe. The paper has been filled with images and stories this week that just break my heart. :(
Posted by weezalana | October 24, 2007 11:46 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 23:46
Thanks Goodness you and your family are safe! You've been in my thoughts a lot these last days when I watched the news on TV- do hang in there!
Posted by Dipsy | October 25, 2007 4:36 AM
Posted on October 25, 2007 04:36
I'm just catching up on blogs after being away all week - I'm so glad everything is okay, and you're all whole and at home.
Posted by Kirstie | October 25, 2007 1:05 PM
Posted on October 25, 2007 13:05