Chip (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ckillian) wrote,@ 2007-10-24 15:22:00 |
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San Diego Fire Update
At this point, the active San Diego Witch fire (the one closest to us) seems to be at the North and East ends of the burn area, which effectively puts us out of danger. (This map http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/newsrel
The neighborhoods north of us which were evacuated are now allowing residents to return. My advisor, who had to evacuate early Monday, was able to return to the neighborhood to find his house largely undamaged (broken water line, cosmetic damage, and currently without power). He was very fortunate, many of his neighbors (and in particular his 4 nearest north and east neighbors) were not so fortunate.
The current threats to our area [not to diminish the threat to other areas of San Diego County, who are still battling the front lines of the fire] now is the possibility of power outages and air quality. Several of the distribution lines of power into San Diego are down, so the power situation is very precarious. Also, with the fires, there is a lot of ash and smoke in the air, causing them to recommend we all stay indoors as much as possible, with air purifiers.
I'm back in my office at school today, but the building is still essentially deserted. UCSD is closed for the rest of the week.
Useful links about the fire:
At this point, the active San Diego Witch fire (the one closest to us) seems to be at the North and East ends of the burn area, which effectively puts us out of danger. (This map http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/newsrel
The neighborhoods north of us which were evacuated are now allowing residents to return. My advisor, who had to evacuate early Monday, was able to return to the neighborhood to find his house largely undamaged (broken water line, cosmetic damage, and currently without power). He was very fortunate, many of his neighbors (and in particular his 4 nearest north and east neighbors) were not so fortunate.
The current threats to our area [not to diminish the threat to other areas of San Diego County, who are still battling the front lines of the fire] now is the possibility of power outages and air quality. Several of the distribution lines of power into San Diego are down, so the power situation is very precarious. Also, with the fires, there is a lot of ash and smoke in the air, causing them to recommend we all stay indoors as much as possible, with air purifiers.
I'm back in my office at school today, but the building is still essentially deserted. UCSD is closed for the rest of the week.
Useful links about the fire:
- Union Tribune Firestorm Blog
- San Diego County Emergency Page with maps from every few hours
- KPBS Updated Google Map of the fire
