Good news. The winds are continuing to subside, and the worst of the fires are being contained. More residents are being allowed to return to their neighborhoods.
I no longer think my cousin's on both my dad and mom's side, along with friends who live in the Eastlake and Otay Ranch area will be awaiting evac orders anytime soon. The Martinez's [(dad's) Mike, Michelle, Michael, and Mikayla], and ({mom's} Diego, Ingrid, Alexa, and Diego Arath). Friends in that area include, Paule family, Brown family, and Castro family.
As far as the Mejia's, we here in Paradise Hills had our biggest scare yesterday when we began to have large amounts of ash hit from the Spring Valley and Bonita fires. As long as these fires stay somewhat contained we should be ok, but the air quality was horrendous yesterday.
The reports of deaths are still amazingly low--still only 2 confirmed deaths. Considering close to 400,000 acres have been burned and nearly 1 million of San Diego residents have been evacuated at some point.
All schools are closed for the rest of the week, with only essential employees being asked to go in.
The outpouring from the local community has been amazing. Qualcomm Stadium, where the Chargers play, has 10,000+ people staying in it, and has begun to turn away donations because they don't need any more. I ran a couple of truck loads to the Stadium on Monday morning, and I must say that it is pretty amazing how much people are helping out.
Stay tuned for more info, God Bless....
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