[BC] California Fires, How s everyone doing?

[Glen Kippel]

On 10/22/07, Chuck Lakaytis <chuck at akpb.org> wrote:
>
> My sister lives in San Diego County and they were warned by what she calls
> the "reverse 911" system which I suppose allows the 911 operators to block
> call folks in the affected area.
>
> She and the family are in good shape, but she said that the Santa Anna
> winds
> last night rolled over her 50 pound flower pots and rolled them across the
> garden like they were feathers!
>
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Yes, the wind at Malibu Peak got up to 101 mph, and nearly as high in other
areas.  Up into the 70's around Las Vegas, I hear.  Fire leapt over I-15
between Temecula and Escondido (near Fallbrook) and closed the freeway.  I
don't know if it is open yet.  The CalTrans website's server is down, their
phone line is jammed, and the CDF and CHP sites aren't much better.  There
are at least 8 fires going on now.  Nothing affecting this area, though.  We
don't even see any smoke.