San Diego Wild Fires

nunu

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i hope no one has been affected either
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Dawn

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I've been watching it on the news, my thought are with those of you in the affected area.
 

jdepp_84

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All my thoughts go out to all the people that are being affected by all of this, lets also not forge all the horses and animals. I know this is the San Diego thread, but could we all please send out our prayes as well to the Irvine area? I live close by and I could def see the flames from my balcony. I had NEVER EVER EVER EVER in my 22 years of living in this area had never seen the flames soooooo close.
 

jilliandanica

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I'm in Irvine too. It's really mucky out here, sending my prayers out to all the areas that are being affected by the fires.
 
i'm in the inland empire and it's pretty bad here too, there are a couple of fires about 20 miles north and west of me. i appears that we are on fire throughout southern california. we have a couple burning around us. my thoughts are with those who are directly in the line of fire... no pun intended.
 

MACATTAK

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I'm in Southern California as well (Riverside County). Nothing is very close to me at this time. The fires a few years back were extremely close to me (the hill in front of our house was on fire). I really hope this lets up soon, as so much has been damaged already
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xsnowwhite

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i have tons of family in cali(that area) that were instructed to leave their house!
its pretty scary!
my thoughts go out to those nearby!
 

coachkitten

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I send my prayers out to everyone as well. I have three girlfriends that live together in SD and have had to evacuate.
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Stay strong!
 

Bernadette

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I'm here in SD, nowhere near the fires thank god.
So I work at a MAC coutner in a Macy's that is in the mall closest to most of the affected areas and they made us stay open today! They didn't let us close until 6pm. Our closer had to call out because her house was evacuated (it also burnt in the fires 4 years ago) our mid-shift came in and I told her to leave because a different fire was getting close to her home, she's now had to evacuate. A girl was coming in to cover her and her Dad had to evacuate his business that he owns and she had to go help him try to pack up tools etc. My assistant manager was at her parent's house trying to spray down their yard and roof and stuff just in case. Another girl was home with her son because his school was closed and the only other person that made it in with me was a wreck all day because her b/f who is a marine was put to work fighting the fires. They call in the military when they need back up. Mind you these are not fire fighters and her boyfriend didn't even recieve a mask until this evening (not even a fire fighting mask just a paper type of thing) or goggles.
They were using the parking lot at my mall as an evacuation area for horses. I went out there and looked over and saw all of the poor animals all together with cars driving by them and I almost burst into tears. I can't imagine how scared they were
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I am still somewhat outraged that they kept us at the store when Macy's employees were having to leave because they got word that they didn't have much time to pack up etc... I think they should have closed the store instead of worrying about making money. I am also outraged at the people who wer ein there shopping and acting put-out by the fact that we were under-staffed.
We have a friend that had to evacuate that will be staying with us.
It's all just very surreal. I couldn't believe how bad the Cedar fires were last time and this is so much worse and it's only day one. Ther is no end in sight at this point. It's on it's way to the ocean in some areas.
My boyfriend and I are trying to collect water and food to take to the firefighters tomorrow. This is something ym boyfriend did last time because there were fire fighters out there for days straight without having any of those items given to them.
Please keep my friends Torrey, Anel and Andy in your thougths and prayers as they had to evacuate their homes. As well as my friend Steve who is out there fighting the fire.
 

sitasati

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omg ...I really hope this stops soon. I can't believe it has gotten so far and so many houses have burned down.
 

MiCHiE

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Wow....As a victim of Katrina, I totally understand how this feels. The residents are in my thoughts and prayers.
 

Bernadette

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Macy's is open again today and foricng their employees to come in, including evacuees! I am SO disgusted right now.
 

MxAxC-_ATTACK

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Originally Posted by Bernadette
Macy's is open again today and foricng their employees to come in, including evacuees! I am SO disgusted right now.

Thats jacked.

I'm Near Santa Clarita, Things here aren't looking so great, smoke burns my throat, eyes and nose. blllaahh...
 

MiCHiE

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Originally Posted by Bernadette
Macy's is open again today and foricng their employees to come in, including evacuees! I am SO disgusted right now.

They. Just. Don't. Get. It.
 

stellarx1587

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Originally Posted by Bernadette
Macy's is open again today and foricng their employees to come in, including evacuees! I am SO disgusted right now.

That's smart... because people want to even come in and shop.
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Thats ridiculous. Macy's should probably spend their time trying to help their customers/employee's that have been displaced rather than continuing on trying to make a buck... thats just my 2 cents...
 

MiCHiE

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So, Bernadette, how was business when you went in? Although a lot of people are affected by what's happening, I wouldn't be surprised to hear about a steady stream of customers anyway....
 

j_absinthe

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Originally Posted by stellarx1587
That's smart... because people want to even come in and shop.
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Thats ridiculous. Macy's should probably spend their time trying to help their customers/employee's that have been displaced rather than continuing on trying to make a buck... thats just my 2 cents...


That's asking too much of a big corporate hound dog like Macy's.

*tsk-tsk*

Anyhoo, I hope that things get under control soon.
 

kimmy

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Originally Posted by MACATTAK
I'm in Southern California as well (Riverside County). Nothing is very close to me at this time. The fires a few years back were extremely close to me (the hill in front of our house was on fire). I really hope this lets up soon, as so much has been damaged already
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hey, i'm in riverside county, too!

i always get rather anxious around this time because my dad is a fire captain...and especially after the esperanza fire that claimed those five brave firefighters a year ago on friday.

i hope this will bring about some change in our government and emergency services. san diego has called guys from three of our stations (so far) out to the fire to help with evacuations and road blocking/traffic direction...it's been so hectic trying to get everyone ready to go and making sure everyone's got everything they need and it's almost surreal to know that even all the man power and equipment we're sending down there still isn't enough...but california's emergency services are just so underfunded.
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i saw my old house on the news today, on fire. i remember when we were little having to evacuate every few years and how strange and unreal it always seemed knowing we might not have a home to go back to. alot of the buildings in the town i grew up in are gone, leveled. it's such a bummer.

my heart goes out to all those firefighters, police officers, sheriff's deputies, highway patrolmen, emts, paramedics and civilians affected by these fires. i just hope we can get the help we need to stop these things...and that the california government will finally realize the importance of a large emergency service/personnel budget.
 

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