The path of the fires

Despite a lack of saying so on the news, it would seem that the fires in the middle of the county are creeping a bit northward. Evacuations have slowly been inching up the map, from south of Del Dios Highway to Rancho Santa Fe and now to some parts of Solana Beach. This is still a small distance from us, so we are still sitting tight.

In the meantime, the fires north of us don't seem to be going anywhere - at least they don't mention them much on the TV. I guess that means no news is good news.

We heard one reporter say that there was an evacuation call for the area south of 78 in between I-15 and I-5. This is definitely our area, but we can't find this anywhere else, and we've received no call....so we are staying put for now.

In the meantime, the smoke that was to the south of us has crept northwest, so that now it is blowing behind the houses across the street from ours. This picture is taken from the front porch:














The wind is picking up again. These Santa Ana winds can be really strong. Last year, they completely uprooted one of my rose bushes. At this moment, I'm watching all the trees around our house sway from side to side.

Alberto is using this time to douse all of our plants in the back with water in preparation for whatever comes our way...