All of Cowles Mountain in the San Carlos-Del Cerro/Navajo Park area in San Diego is torched off... I know because I grew up in that area for close to 25 years... My folks went up on Hemingway Drive, up the street from my childhood home off Cibola and they saw the flames on the north side of Mission Gorge at around 4 PMish... These flames jumped over to the south side, near the homes and burned those houses down. The police and firefighters evacuated everyone from Princess View Way to Golfcrest. This burn was after the Scripps Ranch and Tierrasanta torchings.
If the Santa Ana winds pick up more, the burn will go all the way to the US-Mexico border in the East County. The sad part is, there are $$$million dollar homes all in the way. And there is illegal activities--such as meth labs with volatiles... I heard that the firefighters in San Bernadino were trying to put out one fire and a gas main exploded...
The irony is, I have been calling my folks home to see if the answering machine cuts on... It still does... It may mean the answering machine didn't get burnt or the house is still standing...
The police are not letting anyone back into their areas to get anything they forgot at their houses... Out of the 5 cars my dad owns, my folks only take one... Don' t ask why... But my dad was ready to go back and get things after the police had made their annoucement to evacuate.
Fortunately for my family, my folks purchased a condo for me in 1996 near the Stadium in Mission Valley. So my folks and another couple are staying there. But it is very scary and I cannot fathom the stinky smell of burn wood and crap that is pervading the air in San Diego right now.
And they shut down everything!!!
On top of that, Mayor Dick Murphy's former campaign manager lived down the street from me, two houses down from my best friend... And they live across the street from Mission Gorge Road!!!
Anyhow, any of you spiritual folks out there need to pray for all of the folks in So Cal right now. We are really suffering...
And for you folks that have issues for asking for prayer--don't go there with me right now... Just keep it to yourself right now...