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Originally posted by SoCalGirl
...Plus it was the first place where the fire was within the county and a danger to people. I don't blame SD reporters for barely covering fires in Ramona and I don't blame LA reporters for barely covering the fires here in SD.
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So are you saying the fire wasn't a danger to the people in Ramona? It went through a number of neighborhoods and burnt down their houses before the sun came up on Sunday morning and the fire went down toward Scripps Ranch. The fire in Ramona became the fire in Scripps Ranch....they weren't separate fires. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding what you were saying?
This isn't meant to be an attack on what you're saying. I just don't understand how Ramona isn't heavily populated (we have over 30,000 residents) and the fire wasn't a danger to people? I know that at least four people who have died in the Cedar Fire died here in Ramona, when the fire first broke out.
And I will admit, my view of the newscasting was skewed by what little I was able to see before the cable went out on Sunday. My point is that the way the news was portraying it was that the fire was only in Scripps Ranch, that it hadn't already wrecked havoc in Ramona and devastated families living in this area of San Diego County.
ETA: SoCalGirl, I just noticed your edit to the post....I'm sorry that I just kinda jumped on what you said.
In regards to the hiker, I guess he was in custody and was going to be charged, but a woman inthe doctor's office today said she heard there were posters out looking for him like he had escaped. There's a lot of fishiness about everything with the "start" of the fire, and I know on KUSI (Channel 9) they've started piecing together a timeline of the events of the start of the fire....it's going to be a BIG investigation on this one.