SoCal fires

I've been obsessed with SoCal fire news and updates these last two days. My parents' house is near the main Witch Fire in San Diego but most likely safe from harm. It's scary especially as there was the huge Cedar Fire four years ago and the news has been reporting that this fire is worse. Scripps Ranch, the suburb next to ours Mira Mesa, received mandatory evacuations early yesterday afternoon which scared me (I've been calling my parents 4-5 times a day to give them updates as they are not internet-savvy and were in Garden Grove OC) but it's hard to tell because Scripps is so large and borders a canyon which is where fires love to live. Lots of houses in Scripps burned down in the Cedar Fire. So Scripps being evaucated is scary but also not completely telling for Mira Mesa.

The majority of SD is not really in danger and is only dealing with the ash and a few freeways being closed down temporarily. Friends and coworkers are still working and doing birthday parties. But it's odd bc all schools, colleges, and libraries are closed and most parks are also. Animals are being moved from the Wild Animal Park in north SD. My high school is a key evac center which is eery to me but also makes people on forums think Mira Mesa is safe. In a way the city has shut down yet it's still going. The evac numbers on the news are scary but I think they're just erring on the side of caution and the 500,000 people will mostly have houses to go home to. They learned from the Cedar Fire that ppl take time to leave their houses.

One frustrating thing is the firefighters' lack of manpower and resources. The news has been saying that some manpower has been wasted on making people leave in mandatory evac situations. People, c'mon. If your area has a mandatory (not voluntary) evac notice, please leave. It's for your benefit. Perhaps there is a high chance nothing will happen to your house but do you want to risk it? The winds could change.

Praying for the winds to die down and for people's safety...

For more news on SD see their newspaper's website.