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Phil Konstantin's October 2007 newsletter - Part 2
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Phil Konstantin
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Oct 25, 2007 06:58 PDT
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Hi,
This is just a brief update for the fires we are having here in San
Diego.
Things are starting to improve here in San Diego County. A few
communities are starting to reopen to evacuees. There have been a total
of 500,000 people evacuated. Qualcomm (San Diego Chargers) stadium only
has about 500 people left +/-.
We still have three major fires burning. They are mostly in rural areas
with only a limited number of residences being still threatened. These
fires are NOT contained or circled yet. So, there is always the
possibility of things getting worse. Howevert, the winds have really
died down. There are more aircraft coming in to help fight the fires,
too. San Dieg County has many valleys and mountains. We are in the
middle of the driest period in the last 200 years. being a desert area.
we have lots of dry brush which is perfect fuel for fires.
Several of the fires were started by high winds (called "Santa Ana"s).
Trees were blown over into power lines and/or power poles were blown
down. The winds were over 80mph in some areas. The winds are now down to
normal breezes.
Many people have horse and large animals, which have also been
evacuated.
There has only been one death directly related to the fires. I think
about 3 or 4 very elderly (90 years ols +/-) people died while they were
being taken from one threatened hospital to another. They were reported
to have been under intensive care at the time they were moved.
Today is the 4th anniversary of the Cedar Fires. Over a dozen people
were killed n that fire. I believe that many people are taking the
evacuation notices more seriously this time. Authorities are using a
"reverse 911" system to notify people of the need to leave. This system
uses computers to automatically call phones in the affected area.
I am OK, as is my home. My house was about 5 miles from the closest
fire. I've been working 12 hour shifts at my TV station. We are doing
streaming video on our website. You are welcome to watch:
http://www.kusi.com
Here are a couple of good websites where you can ge updates and find
maps of the fires and evacuated areas:
http://www.sdcountyemergency.com
http://maps.sdsu.edu
Phil Konstantin
San Diego
"San Diflameo"
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