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San Diego Burning

Posted on the October 22nd, 2007 under misc by Steve Eller

Overnight these fires have taken off with full force. Fortunately we are in Central San Diego, and the major fires are north (Rancho Bernardo/Escondido/San Marcos) and south (Tecate/Jamul) of us. The smoke is hanging around though. Matthew and I both have athsma so we are all staying inside with the a/c on.

Some on the news are saying that this could be worse than the Cedar fire of four years ago. They can’t even really report on the extent of the damage because the smoke is so thick. Needless to say it is looking pretty bad. I read somewhere that they have had sustained 35mph winds with gusts to 60-70mph consistently all night. They haven’t even been able to get any of the fire tankers in the air!

Please pray for this situation.

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r 21, 2007: An outbuilding near a home near the 25,000 block of Highway 78 burns.">r 21, 2007: An outbuilding near a home near the 25,000 block of Highway 78 burns." border="0" />