Evacuations cont'd

Well, we were evacuated. I received a reverse 911 call last night that we needed to evacuate our home. There were neighbors zipping by with their cars as we were packing the rest of our things. After a couple of hours, they lifted the mandatory evacuation in our area and just put us on standby. The winds shifted and I guess and the fires was no longer heading our way. Phew. We returned home and was able to sleep in our own bed last night.

Over 1,000 homes were lost to the fires so far and over 300,000 homes were evacuated. I can't imagine those who are just stranded at Qualcomm stadium waiting for news if their homes are still standing. We are so grateful that the fires didn't come our way.

UCSD is closed through Wednesday so we get some time to relax at home and avoid breathing the soot filled air. I suppose this will be a good time to clean the house :(