Hearth and home (El Cajon and Alpine) are still safe for the time being.
New fires have forced evacuations in Fallbrook and Descanso. The latter is worrisome as it is 15 miles windward of my brother's Alpine home. Parts of Chula Vista, Scripps Ranch, and Solana Beach (yes, beach) are now being evacuated because of the huge Harris and Witch fires. Well over 250,000 people in San Diego County (about 10% of the county's population) are under evacuation orders.
The sun is red, the air is heavy, the sky is a mixture of brown and blue, and the light filtering through a massive lens of ash and smoke is casting an eerie yellow hue on the globe. I've been through this four years ago with the 2003 Cedar Fire. It isn't Hell, but we can see Hell from here.
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Thanks for posting.
Inquiring minds do want details and the local placenames help (notice how news stories are vague).
Hope the evacuations go well and you can stay at the homeplace.
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