We’ve got the news on to watch the fire’s progress. So far all of Ramona is being evacuated from the Witch Creek fire, and parts of east county around Dulzura from the Harris fire. About 30,000 acres burning just in San Diego County right now – and the next couple of days will be hot, dry and windy. This will not be good. Many homes are already lost, 1 dead and 17 injured so far.
The winds are gusting like crazy here. This feels like the Cedar fire all over again. And there are a dozen fires burning throughout southern California right now. Nasty, nasty fire season, yet again. It’s weird to walk through your home, thinking of what you will pack if you have to, what you will leave. You realize what really means something to you and what is just stuff. And hope it will not come to that. I have several friends who had to make those decisions, and the emotional scars run deep, even when they don’t really show. We packed up in 2003, we may have to do it again. It is wrenching, and you know others are suffering more. The smell of smoke is constant, even with the air conditioning on, and there is nothing to do but wait and hope. Charge the phones, be sure you’re ready to go if you have to. And then try to sleep…
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