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Tracking the fire

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Oct 232007
 

Good maps:

This one shows that Mira Mesa is now an area of concern, as is Santee and Lakeside. It shows our area in the middle, as “previously burned,” but as you can see it’s kinda surrounded by areas of concern. Notable is that 67 just closed, and that Bonita and Chula Vista seem to be OK now. But really, it all depends on the winds.

They are keeping it updated with the latest set of incident reports, etc.

The councilman walked the area with his staff and noted addresses. he only covered one part of the neighborhood,though. Then someone else made a Google Map of it. Hurray for the Internet!

How it’s gone

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Oct 232007
 

Smoke from the backyard — usually I can see EscondidoFinally, some time to actually sit and write. First off, status. We’re fine, and we’re in Anaheim, which seems to be one of the few places not completely covered by a smoke plume (it’s still hazy though!). We are probably here for another day, just because of air quality and waiting for evac orders to lift for our area.

So, there we were at Legoland, the kids enjoying a day with grandparents. We were driving back and stopped off at Fry’s (they’d never seen one). While there, I got a call from my mom — in Florida — asking if we were affected by the fires. “What fires?” I said. Nobody there knew what I was asking about.

Then we took 15 south, and saw the giant plume of smoke. We drove right into it to get home, and at the house, which sits near the top of a hill in southern Rancho Bernardo, we saw a basically gray and yellow sky, with occasional ash falling. Here’s a pic from the back yard — normally, I can see to Escondido, fifteen miles away. We then went to the TV and the net to try to find out more about the fire.

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Monthly Report, March 2006

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Apr 022006
 

Alas, my sense of humor is much diminished by the cold I’ve been suffering for the last few days (which is also why posts have slowed somewhat recently). So don’t expect this month’s report to be full of the usual self-deceptive impression of wit.

The basic news: ack, the site got bigger and more popular. Again.

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Monthly Report: February 2006

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Mar 022006
 

Horrors! Another month has gone by, and that means that to my eternal dismay (well, actually, to my monthly dismay), it’s time for another stats-laden, quip-heavy, self-important report on how the site is doing!

Read on for a glimpse into the depravity of Internet searchers! Marvel at the increasing traffic and bandwidth bill! Be shocked by what posts people cared about! Visit our new exhibit on feed readers, and discover how feeds bite the hands that feed them, but feed on other things! All this and more, for the low, low price of a single clickthrough!

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