[pct-l] So. Cal. Fire Status

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

NPR estimates over 350 homes have been burned as well.

Richard

At 05:10 PM 10/26/03 -0800, AsABat wrote:
>The Cedar Creek Fire (Ramona) is well west of the trail, and is burning
>towards La Jolla. The Paradise Creek Fire (Valley Center) is also west of
>the trail, burning towards Escondido and other places, including mine. Looks
>like it'll miss us though.
>
>I let the house at 1 this morning to go to Ramona and left there at 4 to set
>up the Lakeside Command Post. Five hours later the fire had jumped two major
>highways, and it's since jumped another two. I later went to work in Valley
>Center to make sure all is well, leaving for home when I heard it was
>heading my way.
>
>The way it's going, there may not be much left to burn tomorrow. Over
>100,000 acres burned in less than 24 hours.
>
>AsABat
>
>> There are active forest fires in San Diego County, too. For
>> example, there's a large fire in the Ramona/Julian area.  People have
>> died in these fires.  I have not yet determined the location of these
>> fires with regard to the PCT, and the Cleveland National Forest hasn't
>> posted any information about them yet (nor has the National Interagency
>> Fire Center).
>
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