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Originally posted by polarpi
I haven't been able to get online for the past few days because of the Wildfires here in San Diego, but I thought I would post and say that I am okay.

Oh good! I'm glad to hear it!!!

I feel sorry for everyone who lost their homes, but I am a little frustrated that more of the San Diego coverage (that I finally have been able to see since we got cable back yesterday after it went out Sunday afternoon) has focused on the Scripps Ranch area and the high dollar homes and not on the other areas that have lost just as much and have had the devastation. I know they are doing their best to cover everything they can, but it's alittle frustrating to see areas such as Scripps Ranch being deemed more important than other areas of San Diego county.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. Have you been watching only one news station? At our house we've been flipping between them all (well, 7/39, 8, 9/51, and 10). Maybe the fact that your cable went out and you missed a few days worth is contributing to your viewpoint.

In the very beginning, when Scripps Ranch was on fire, there was a good percentage of coverage on it. Then again, it was also a relatively heavily populated suburban community (as opposed to say, Cuyamaca). Some 350 of 960 houses which have burnt down in SD County were in Scripps Ranch - that doesn't seem like unfair coverage to me.

Plus, some places like Cuyamaca didn't burn until waaaay after the Scripps Ranch one was put out. Anyway, as soon as Tierrasanta caught fire, there was a good amount of focus there. When the Otay areas caught fire, there was a fair bit of coverage on that one too.

At the moment, the coverage has shifted to reporting on the "outlying" SD County areas like Ramona, Cuyamaca, Mt. Palomar, Julian and the other little country places here and there.

hehehe.... PS,
no, I'm not from Scripps Ranch.

God bless all the firefighters risking their lives to save peoples homes, memories, and lives.....one has already lost his life today here in the San Diego area.

Ditto on that one! Over this whole disaster, I've been watching homeowners in various areas complaining that the firefighters aren't all gathered around their individual houses or something. Those fire crews have had to be spread thin....come on, this is a huge mega fire. There is no way they could cover everything. They're tired and in danger themselves. I for one applaud them, especially the earlier crews, for doing the best with what little resources they had.

Hooray for the fire crews! We are grateful!

.....Kelly