San Diego is on fire!

[JulesMaximus]

Looks like things are starting to calm down today.
I live East of where Jules does and the entire valley was filled with smoke and ash.
It smelled like a bonfire outside this morning.

Yes, the air quality is horrible. Today was bike to work day but I can't imagine anyone did. I didn't even take the motorcycle because of the smoke and ash. At least my car has an in cabin air filter.

By the way, I'd still rather live here than anywhere else.

 

[rockyct]

Hurricanes aren't natural disasters? Damn near where ever you live you will be faced with some form of natural disaster. California has fires and earthquakes. If it ain't that it's riots, crime, gang shootings and all that shit.

lol, you lived in the shithole of SoCal that is Riverside.

 

[PlanetJosh]

I hed it easy for being within 10 miles south of the first blaze the "Bernardo" fire on Tuesday, no evac orders for my neighborhood. I got some documents and stuff ready to go like my prize possession a $1,000 (usd) Samsung 27" monitor for the pc. But no need to leave, got lucky I guess.

 

[njdevilsfan87]

Both of my brothers live in SD now. I'll be the last of us three to get out there. Please don't burn down before I get there!

 

[PlanetJosh]

to anyone famaliar with the area...out of curiosity... How close are the fires ...to Avienda De La Plata / College Bvld area. (i had friends that use to live near there)

Used to deliver/pickup mail in Oceanside as part of my courier driving job in 2007. This local article describes the River Fire which was about 3 miles or so north of Avenida Del La Playa and College Blvd in the city of Oceanside on Wednesday. Avienda is a slight misspelling but no big deal of course.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/may/1...eed:+kpbs/news+(KPBS+Podcast:+Local+Headlines)

It was a smaller fire and it's all contained now. As far as the major fire to the east, the Cocos Fire which is still burning, it's about 10 miles or so away.

 

[IronWing]

Both of my brothers live in SD now. I'll be the last of us three to get out there. Please don't burn down before I get there!

Better to burn before you get there than to burn after you arrive, IMHO.

 

[John Connor]

lol, you lived in the shithole of SoCal that is Riverside.

Wasn't my decision to live there. My parents put a finger on the fucking map and chose Riverside. We were going to live in San Diego but it was too expensive. Riverside isn't as bad as some cities in Cali. I've seen many!

 

[rockyct]

Wasn't my decision to live there. My parents put a finger on the fucking map and chose Riverside. We were going to live in San Diego but it was too expensive. Riverside isn't as bad as some cities in Cali. I've seen many!

Just don't assume that the shittiness of Riverside is the same elsewhere in the state. I agree, it's better than Fresno however. I'm still not sure where you're coming up with the idea that California is some version of hell on earth where if the earthquake doesn't swallow your house up, gang riots will light it on fire and rape anyone who tries to escape. I was born in Kansas and my parents told me that when we lived there someone committed suicide by blowing themselves up with a car bomb in our neighborhood. I'm not going to liken a Kansas City suburb to Iraq though.

 

[John Connor]

Really? Wher I live now there is no major crime. Don't have to worry about it.

 

[highland145]

Really? Wher I live now there is no major crime. Don't have to worry about it.

pretender.