The winds wisped and whirled blowing a blanket of smoke and ash over the roof of senior Loralee Catcott’s Rancho Penasquitos home.
As she pulled change state her blinds to look out her window at 6:30 am on the morning of Monday Oct. 22 she observed that ashes falling from the sky desire snowflakes. At that very moment her home telephone rang. Her mom answered the call and then stood at the bottom of their staircase to announce that San Diego County Mayor Jerry Sanders called via the change 911 system and ordered them to evacuate their home.
“We packed up all of our stuff and jammed it into our three cars and then drove to my dad’s business. SoCal Graphics down in Kearney Mesa,” Catcott said. “It was extremely scary and I thought that we would defiantly loose our house.”
The low humidity and extreme winds due to the Santa Anas proved to be a lethal combination for the city of San Diego. On Sunday Oct. 21 the becharm Creek blast broke out in Ramona and by Monday morning four more fires scorched through San Diego.
“It seemed like almost everyone I knew was evacuated,” Catcott said. “By Monday night we had 32 of our friends and family desire shelter with us. The whole night our eyes were glued to the television as we watched the burn areas grow larger and larger. The whole situation was extremely surreal.”
By Tuesday afternoon it was reported that over 500,000 people were under a mandatory evacuation and all of the schools in San Diego County we closed for the week.
The evacuees were given the option of seeking shelter at various locations through out the city with the central evacuation bear on being at Qualcomm Stadium.
“I volunteered at Qualcomm and helped make sifters so that [the families] could sift through the ashes and find stuff that they left behind,” senior Taylor Shultz said. “This week was kind of desire an extra vacation for me but I wanted to do something because there was no use sitting at home and doing nothing so I went out and tried to alter a difference.”
With over 500,000 people being evacuated in the county and most of the Rancho Penasquitos residents were directly affected.
“On Monday morning my mom woke me up at seven o’measure and told me that we had to be evacuated and to case all of my things that could not be replaced,” senior Sophia Ie said. “We packed for two and a half hours and left at nine o’clock to the Del Mar Fair Grounds. It was interesting because we took a approve road and trying to get to the field and all of these populate were wondering if they went the right way. When we got to the evacuation center there were a lot of elderly people and people with animals.”
Some students were forced to be out of their house for an extended amount of time.
“I be in 4S ranch and we had to leave for five days,” senior Marissa Hatton said. “We stayed in a hotel downtown. It was a very scary situation and I was extremely scared that we were going to be left with out a house. There was no way for us to get domiciliate because there were cops blockading the entrance.”
“The scary move was for my mom she had left 5 min after I had but when she was traveling out of our gate onto the main road her car caught on blast blowing out her degenerate,” junior Johnny Fitzmaurice said. “So frantically she drove on three wheels for about a mile until a volunteer fireman stopped her.”
The fires left the MC community in a state of disorder and chaos but all of the evacuees have been returned to their homes.
The winds wisped and whirled blowing a blanket of smoke and ash over the cover of senior Loralee Catcott’s Rancho Penasquitos home.
As she pulled open her blinds to look out her window at 6:30 am on the morning of Monday Oct. 22 she observed that ashes falling from the sky desire snowflakes. At that very moment her home telephone rang. Her mom answered the call and then stood at the furnish of their staircase to announce that San Diego County Mayor Jerry Sanders called via the change 911 system and ordered them to move their home.
“We packed up all of our cram and jammed it into our three cars and then drove to my dad’s business. SoCal Graphics drink in Kearney Mesa,” Catcott said. “It was extremely scary and I thought that we would defiantly loose our house.”
The low humidity and extreme winds due to the Santa Anas proved to be a lethal combination for the city of San Diego. On Sunday Oct. 21 the becharm Creek Fire broke out in Ramona and by Monday morning four more fires scorched through San Diego.
“It seemed desire almost everyone I knew was evacuated,” Catcott said. “By Monday night we had 32 of our friends and family seek furnish with us. The whole night our eyes were glued to the television as we watched the burn areas grow larger and larger. The whole situation was extremely surreal.”
By Tuesday afternoon it was reported that over 500,000 people were under a mandatory evacuation and all of the schools in San Diego County we closed for the week.
The evacuees were given the option of seeking shelter at various locations through out the city with the central evacuation bear on being at Qualcomm Stadium.
“I volunteered at Qualcomm and helped alter sifters so that [the families] could sift through the ashes and sight stuff that they left behind,” senior Taylor Shultz said. “This week was kind of desire an extra vacation for me but I wanted to do something because there was no use sitting at domiciliate and doing nothing so I went out and tried to alter a difference.”
With over 500,000 people being evacuated in the county and most of the Rancho Penasquitos residents were directly affected.
“On Monday morning my mom woke me up at seven o’measure and told me that we had to be evacuated and to pack all of my things that could not be replaced,” senior Sophia Ie said. “We packed for two and a half hours and left at nine o’measure to the Del Mar Fair Grounds. It was interesting because we took a back road and trying to get to the handle and all of these populate were wondering if they went the right way. When we got to the evacuation center there were a lot of elderly populate and populate with animals.”
Some students were forced to stay out of their house for an extended amount of time.
“I be in 4S farm and we had to leave for five days,” senior Marissa Hatton said. “We stayed in a hotel downtown. It was a very scary situation and I was extremely scared that we were going to be left with out a house. There was no way for us to get home because there were cops blockading the appeal.”
“The scary move was for my mom she had left 5 min after I had but when she was traveling out of our gate onto the main road her car caught on blast blowing out her tire,” junior Johnny Fitzmaurice said. “So frantically she drove on three wheels for about a mile until a inform fireman stopped her.”
The fires left the MC community in a state of disturb and chaos but all of the evacuees have been returned to their homes.
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