San Diego is burning!

I'm in Oceanside...they let us off work in case we need evac. We could get evacuated anywhere from today to tomorrow. The fire in Escondido looks like it's gonna spread here pretty soon.

 

Yeah I live here, and I could see the fire burning last night in the distance. Looks like we may luck out and have the fire go to the South of us.

I always argue with people saying I'm less nervous in Texas dealing with Hurricanes because I know they are coming. These Fires start and move throughout the city within 24 hours. Not to mention the fact that you never know when a big earthquake is coming.

I'll take hurricanes over this crap any day.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022...s&printer=1;_ylt=Aug2BGY0rlcjo_6s_i6DCbUN97QF
LT among wildfire evacuees in San Diego

By BERNIE WILSON, AP Sports Writer 57 minutes ago

Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson was among several San Diego Chargers players, coaches and staff members who had to evacuate their homes as wildfires burned in San Diego County.

The Chargers, who had just returned from their bye weekend, canceled practice Monday. Players were dismissed so they could take care of their families and because the air quality was poor due to smoke, spokesman Bill Johnston said.

As of late Monday morning, wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds forced the evacuations of nearly 250,000 people in the county.

There was no immediate word if any Chargers employees had lost their homes. Many players live in Poway and other suburbs northeast of downtown San Diego.

Tomlinson couldn't immediately be reached for comment. His mother, Loreane, said from Waco, Texas, that he called at 5 a.m. PDT and told her that he and wife were looking for a hotel. "I told him to keep me posted," Loreane Tomlinson said.

Center Nick Hardwick said players were asked at a team meeting to raise their hands if they were affected, "and at one point, three-quarters of the room raised their hands. I guess a lot of guys live up there. There were some pretty long faces this morning. A lot of coaches and people upstairs have to deal with this."

Hardwick lives in Point Loma, near the Pacific Ocean.

"It's pretty humbling, for sure," Hardwick said. "You've got guys with families dealing with real situations. You don't normally expect that coming to work. Normally, the worst-case scenario is when you miss a block or something, but if your house is burning down and you have to get your family out of the city, that's a different issue."

Hardwick said players heard there was a chance the team would practice at an out-of-town site, but nothing had been confirmed.

Johnston said it was too early to know if the fires will affect Sunday's scheduled home game against the Houston Texans at Qualcomm Stadium, where the parking lot was being used as an evacuation center.

Four years ago to the week, the Chargers had to move a home Monday night game to Phoenix on short notice because the Qualcomm parking lot was being used as an evacuation center during deadly wildfires.

Tomlinson's business manager, Lamar Andrews, said he checked on the player at 5 a.m. and he and his wife had already left their home. Andrews said two other players he represents, safety Marlon McCree and linebacker Matt Wilhelm, also evacuated their homes.

 

i've got family over. gonna give them a call to see if they are okay.

 

I am in OC, but our headquarter is in Rancho Bernardo. It's pretty bad down there. It's that time of the year again here in SoCal.

 

Ugh ... Voluntary evacuations are happening a few miles away from me. Guess that means I might not be too far away.

 

It's getting pretty crazy...I heard stories over the radio about cars catching fire trying to evacuate.

 

Everyone be safe, if you must, evacuate. You can always get insurance to pay for the home later.

 

Somewhere, Jim Rome is appreciating the irony.

 

Im about a 100 feet south of the mandatory evacuation zone. Just a matter of time before I'm going to get kicked out of my home. With the forecast showing the wind not dying down till tomorrow, the fires have a good chance burning all the way to the the coast.

 

They showed video on the news here with a teenager and his dad standing on their roof with a freaking garden hose and a fire burning a couple blocks away. Some people just don't get it.

 

Me too. One of many reasons I moved back.

 

i know they are a few SD guys, sunsrocketsfan, scyman RAID was from there but recently moved further east of SD.

dang its worse than i thought i live about 20-25 miles south of the malibu fires and i thought those were bad.

i hope all of you guys in SD are doing all right.

 

Wow, that map puts things into perspective!

This better not mess up LT's start for FF this week!

 

Already reports of civilian casualties from stunts like this.

These kinds of fires make experienced firefighters sweat big time. Don't be foolish... get out of the way.

Realistically, there's not much to be done until the winds die down except try to keep the fire from spreading home-to-home... and it sounds like a bunch of homes will be consumed by the end of the day.

 

found it on web

 

oops my bad thats actually from the 2003 fires ^^^^^