This is a brief update for Thursday morning. We were graciously taken in by the mayor of El Centro. It just so happens that my wife’s cousin is married to her… The kids had a lot of fun playing and it was nice to get away. The drive out was beautiful (I’ll try to get pictures up after we return).… Read more →

We are well out of fire danger, but the sir quality is still bad. The who clan has cabin fever, so we are heading east to see some friends/family in El Centro. The kids will be able to play and it will be much less stressful. That said, I probably won’t have many posts in the next couple of days. Read more →

I found a link to the main google map: Here at the house, the sky looks a little better, but the falling ash is getting bigger. From what I can tell, the fire is no way under control, but conditions have improved. Read more →

From: www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/ You can see that the burn area grew again. The live map has burn structures and links to more pictures, this is just a screen shot since the server is getting heavy traffic. Read more →

I think it is still hard for the authorities to know what is going on. The best map I’ve seen is coming from this site: www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/. Read more →

The morning sky is a mix of blood red and black smoke. The winds at our house are still calm, but much of the county is seeing more wind. The fires continued to rage. The evacuation area does not seem to be much closer, but the fires are running unchecked. Read more →

I finally found a good map of the fires: http://media.signonsandiego.com/fires/ Read more →

Currently, our whole family is ok and we are not looking at an evacuation. The evacuation area is about 8 miles from us. Four years ago, San Diego had some of the worst fires ever. They got close to us, but we were safe the whole time. So far, it looks like the same scenario is unfolding, but the fires… Read more →