Thursday, October 25, 2007

Firestorm 2007

Things have been a bit insane around these parts with raging fires taking over the San Diego County. We were incredibly lucky that we didn't have to evacuate. We had fires threatening us from the north, east and south and yet we were kept safe. Interestingly enough, my parents had just moved from Rancho Santa Fe where they would have been in trouble so we are glad we are here in Encinitas. Parts of Encinitas were evacuated but we were close enough to the beach that we were ok. Still, no one could go to work, roads were closed and the stores and restaurants were empty and shut down. It felt like a ghost town! We still have some haze but it smells and looks a lot better in comparison. We couldn't even be outside for long on Monday because the smoke was so bad and there was a constant fall of ash. I just feel terrible for all of those hundreds of families that have lost their homes. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time. Here is a video of Monday morning to show the smoke coming in.

3 comments:

Lizz Pizza said...

I don't know if you remember the fires in so. cal back in October of 2003... but Tony and I were evacuated.. but everything ended up being okay!! I'm glad you guys are okay!

Ben and Natalie said...

I am glad that you guys are safe. It does not look like the usually beautiful So. Cal. Keep in touch and keep all of us posted on what is going on.

Joy said...

You guys are so lucky not to have been evacuated. That video is crazy! Look at all that smoke...