I have talked with Lyne & she is okay but surrounded by fire. She is not forced to evacuate yet. She lives in Vista near the coast. 

Keep watching this thread. I will post updates as I receive them.

Wow. Surrounded by fire? I hope she stays well. With these things, it's not just the surviving, it's the aftermath as well...

At this time the most threatening fire is 50% contained. Unless the wind changes directions or other conditions change Lyne should be okay.

Sned the good lady my best wishes.

Hello guys, I am in san diego, Scripps evacualted, Rancho Bernardo Burned, Poway is Evacuated.

This is just crazy

I hope Lynne and everyone else turns out to be okay.

I'll be keeping Lyne in my thoughts and prayers!

Thanks for letting us know!  I will be praying for her.

Jay

I know I'm not everyones cup of tea around here but we live in Fallbrook and are in big trouble...I've sent my wife to safety but am basically trapped here as there is only one way out and ton of people trying to use that road.  Any prayers would be handy about now.

Be safe everyone, even you DarkEdge. :)

--Rebekah--

Hi...

This will be a "general letter" that I can type once and let all my closest friends know what's up in the land of burning hell.... ALL, or 90% of San Diego county is on fire...as one fire guy put it: "this fire makes the Cedar fire look like a picnic".... !  I have been VERY scared all day/evening - due to many variables.... most of which are:  I know I cannot breath smoke of any kind into my fragile lungs, nor stress my Fibromyalgia body at all or all my muscles knot up...and my IBS goes bonkers... sooooo JUST when I thought life was settling into a quite routine, the cooler October days became warm, the next day the wind (even here at my home where the wind does not blow much) really started whipping up and before we knew it, one fire on the border of Mexico and San Diego got out of control...one fire became 3, then 5, and then 8.... and actually pretty much SURROUNDING ME! 

I called my Mom up in Los Angeles and she had the fires too, but is okay but for some falling (due to the high winds, not fire) oak tree branches falling off her trees (not on the house that I know of).... I am sure you heard that Malibu is burning AGAIN....but she is okay "inland" where she lives so far...the one close fire near her was controlled quickly.

Anyway, I had planned a week to stock back up on my few food types (special bread to fill my freezer) chicken meat and bottled water.... and having only one more week supply left of all- I had to get a flu shot, and stay isolated while it takes it's two weeks to take effect AND Daryl, who helps me out with errands got a NASTY cold, and the guy two weeks ago that delivered my grocery store items HAD A COLD.... and so while I put off stocking up, to be sure I stayed well, (eating a lot more of my boring foods and doubling my vitamins) and also spending the "quiet" time really learning (charting) which foods and meds in what amounts did what to my body and IBS.... WHAM!!! FIRES!! 

I am staying up all night tonight (October 22-23) with the car packed up for me and Nicki (and for those of you who have not read my personal web health page and figured it out, my husband and I are separated...but he still very much helps me out with errands etc.)..... he was busy TRYING to drive in to his "day job" at the Post Office while I was scared out of my mind watching the TV...then my electricity went off (fortunately for about 1- 1 1/2 hours only) and trying to figure out how to pack my Jeep for all my meds, heavy stuff....foods, back up hard drives, software discs and of course ahead of that, all the things to support my dear indoor cat Nicki... and with a lot of muscle relaxants and pain killers (taken ONLY after each TV news update, and looking out the window told me I had the time to use them before they would wear off and let me drive)... I GOT my Jeep packed in the middle of the day... before my garage filled with smoke fumes in the evening.... I got all my important things first and then as I had time, I got photo albums, and other extras.... and then boxes and my purse packed etc. ready to go out, if needed.....with things "in use" .. clothes of course packed in a suitcase with extra bathroom things, in case I had NO house.... thinking, thinking thinking, talking on the cell to friends, family as the day went on...learning I CAN DO FOR MYSELF, EVEN IF IT "HURTS" my body and I am scared....

By the evening the most threatening fire was 50% contained and then late tonight 100% contained, BUT now my "bread store" and area around it, is being mandatory evacuated... so been talking to Daryl who had to TRY to drive to work earlier today (the post office will not let you off no matter what, - I think they would have to burn down!!!) But he could not get in, so he came back and called me and said we could meet at a close by grocery store parking lot if we both needed to evacuate out to the coast... (he lives only 5 minutes from me to be near to help me... he really would never leave me hanging...long story - we love one another, we just can't live under the same roof)...

ANYWAY... now it is almost midnight and I chanced turning on my computer's battery back up and turning on my machine to post around and let folks know...(THANK YOU SHAWN FOR LETTING FOLKS KNOW MY SITUATION, DEAR FRIEND!) as the news is so scary, showing the worst areas just to get ratings, one can not really get the real information... yes one fire is burning toward Camp Pendelton (the fire north of me and not a threat as it moves away from me) and the fire in San Marcos is contained to the south of me, BUT my area of my health food store is now, tonight - is in mandatory evacuation...and I spoke to Daryl about where he could get my bread at another health food store, some bottled water and some white meat chicken to carry me to next week when things I PRAY get back to normal... Right now I am more scared of not having the meager types of food I need to LIVE than I am about leaving my home... but I will say one thing, my non-essential things will STAY in my jeep in my garage until the fire season is over from now on... of course I will bring my hard drive back inside, important papers etc... but Nicki's emergency stuff - his cat carrier, cat litter pan and litter, dishes and food and the water will stay out there...and the clothes I packed.... just in case the fire bugs have not gotten enough .....

HOW COULD PEOPLE BE SO DERANGED!?!? All of our beautiful country is gone, all our wild animals.... and now I see the only GOOD thing of building many many multi-million dollar homes on open areas, makes for better fire breaks!!!  :(

I am proud that no matter what I DID (with help from talking to my Mom and brother and son on the phone etc.) figure out what and how to prepare and then I DID IT... I have a half tank of gas in my jeep from before so am set... actually I am about 10 minutes from the coast/ocean AS THE CROW FLIES but about 15 minutes or so as the roads go... (thought with over 250,000 people evacuated there is not much place left to go!!)

All the HOT DESERT AIR IS BLOWING SOOO HARD FROM INLAND OUT toward me, that all the smoke is coming out my way and at the very least I must stay in my sealed up home to be safe!! I am not kidding, last fire I taped closed any window track (in California we do NOT have double pained windows and lots of holes to the outdoors in them!) and door openings and so re-tapped them... and I have air purifiers in my rooms...  I had to step out to get my mail out of the box and tried to hold my breath under TWO face masks, but nearly choked coming back in... I will have to use my breathing machine- called a Nebulizer tomorrow morning to just keep safe.... it affects my FM and I hate to use it, but I won't be stupid about this.... sigh.

This too shall pass.... but... but... but... I was so hoping that after all the stuff I have had to learn, adjust and grieve the loss of all this year long..... that it was time to RELAX a little and just write my "spiritual journey" story on my web site pages (just started, like I did my health story) and to do PLAY ART and stuff... so all that is put off some more days as I get things back under control. Daryl is going to a different store that sells my bread to try and get me a few loaves or even order my big order, and he will get me some other stuff to hold me over till I can get my deliveries going again, etc...

Oooo sigh... back at the time of the Cedar fire there was a canyon filled with brush and that was the DANGER then that the fire would come soo close to us here, but this time that canyon is filled with multi-million dollar homes - so a very effective "fire break".... now I can say that "over building" over lovely landscapes has a good thing about it.... and obviously the insane people who love to start fires and kill people's lives will not have so much "fuel".... a very sad commentary on humanity... ! 

They say that it will be Wednesday before the "on shore flow of cool ocean air" will bring back the humidity and help the fire fighters, so Tuesday will still be a rough day... and there are still some open dry areas around that I will be watching very closely and praying very hard about... but maybe....just maybe life might get back to normal....

I am put in mind of how most of Greece was just on fire too.... it's overwhelming and so scary and the damage from these fires lasts WAY beyond the actual fire... :(

Well...thanks for letting me vent and I truly hope I will not have to leave my "safe haven" home where I can take care of my health so much better... I would not leave unless a fireman or police man told me I HAD to.... but if I am not on line for a few more days you will know I am just taking care of me, of Nicki and watching a lot of TV.... bit of fire news to stay informed and then some DVD's or taped shows to relax.... my area of Vista is closer to the coast but the "other end" if this long skinny town goes straight inland toward the mountains and has some open spaces along the way... :(

Hugs to all my precious friends!!  I will try to let folks know I am here one way or another!!

Lyne

PS MY "GOOD THOUGHTS" (IT'S ALL SEMANTICS TO ME...ALL TERMS MEAN ONE CARES FOR OTHERS).... GO OUT TO THOSE IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN I... IT IS UTTERLY TERRIFYING!!! LOTS OF GOOD THOUGHT HUGS!!!

Best wishes to all of you in the area. Please stay as safe as you can!

Take care and we will keep you in our prayers.  Sharen

Best wishes to all and sorry to hear about it.

Hugs to Lyne

Take care Lyne - you and all the other people of the fire ravaged region are in our thoughts and prayers. Fibromyalgia is a !!! as I well know too - be safe!

Stay safe! 

Good thoughts to all that may be involved.

I lived through the Cedar fires 4 years ago, now live in Denver Colorado.

I called my Dad and a few friends.  Friend in Rancho Bernardo thinks he has lost his house, he had to evacuate but saw the fire coming up the hill, he's devistated.

Dad is in Santee and sees the smoke and flames far off in the distance but the smoke and smell is effecting his lungs.

Help those that you can in the area in any way you can.  This is not going to be a fun and a ton of people are effected.

Lyne, hope all is well and turns out okay.  Best wishes.

I completely empathise with you guys down there.   Stay safe, it's not an easy thing to have to deal with, I know.  Today we're hoping to hear from relatives who live in Malibu, hopefully they haven't been affected.  

You're all in my prayers. 

Oh, Lynne, I hope you get some help, and hope things calm down, soon, very very soon!

Machine,
Best hopes for your Dads house, will he be able to go by today at all or is he hunkering down?

My Dad is in an area that is fine as long as the fire doesn't come down a canyon.  If it does the devistation will be huge.  Main problem with my father at this point is his breathing and the smoke etc in the air.  haven't heard back from them all day.

I know 3 people now that have lost their houses.  one entire block is wiped out - 21 homes destroyed - it's just gunna be crazy there for a while.

RedCross has a donation site for the San Diego fires, I don't have the link but it's for that area of fires specifically if people are so inclinde.

Lyne and all you have my prayers as well.

So far 500,000 people have been evacuated as of radio broadcast 30 minutes ago.

Lynne, I will say a special prayer for you tonight. And add prayers for all thode who are caught up in this awful fire. May God grant safety to all.

If I am not around...my lower back WENT.... PAIN... meds, ice (ice is best for my type of back problems) fire: only SMOKE, house safe and I am sealed up inside it - can't go outside, but getting help with food water etc... so need to take back meds, ICE, and REST...so if I don't comment on art or be "around a while" then please understand... this too shall pass... SIGH... but darn it.... I am due for some QUITE, NON TRAUMA TIMES NOW I think!!  We all are and for all the kind words/thoughts- BACK AT YA!!!

Lyne

Has there been any update on how Lyne is doing?

THank you for asking...sorry! fires and smoke gone but really took my lower back out packing the car just in case...still trying to get it to heal... again, thanks for asking!! :)

Glad to know the fire and smoke is gone.
I know cleanup will be a massive job.
My heart goes out to those who lost so much.

Hope your back heals up soon, I know what that is like.
Just take your time and get well. :)