San Diego County is on Fire

[Lin W]

I came to HPP from Ramona three years ago, a year after the Cedar fire. I have photos looking north, south, east, west from my back yard with fire on all sides. We lost power for three days but couldn't evacuate because all roads out were closed. My best friend was burned out in that fire. This fire is so much worse and I haven't been able to locate her this time. She moved to the other end of town but from the maps it looks like it got her house again. Also looks like my old house might still be there (west end near the airport) but another friend who lived across the creek has probably lost her home as has a friend on the other end of town. This morning Ramona is still under mandatory evacuation orders and without water. I did talk to friends in Escondido who had to evacuate and went to relatives in Oceanside. All I can do is pray for their safety (and maybe try to reduce my carbon footprint even more) and wait. The Ramona Sentinel is posting frequent updates on line and for awhile channel 10 was live streaming coverage so I've been able to keep up pretty well. There have also been quite a few videos on YouTube. Sure makes a tsunami or two and a little lava look a lot less threatening! Glad to be living in Hawai'i.

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