I live in Rancho Penasquitos, and was under mandatory evacuation since yesterday morning. Woke up at 6:30 AM, had my sister, her 2 kittens, her dog, my cat, and my desktop and my server out the door by 8 AM. She's driving my '04 Sunfire, and I'm in my '73 VW Thing. My condo is just inside the evac area (like, 50 yards inside the evac area) off the I-15 and the 56 freeway.

I'm currently sitting at work, which, if you're looking at the maps, is pretty much where the 805 and 52 freeways meet (the office is on the SE side of the junction). My bosses, who got evacuated last night, are cool with my cat and I staying here, and there's a 24-Hour Fitness nearby for, like, showers, so I'm OK. As long as the fires don't shift (there's a small one burning to the west of Black Mountain, off of Camino Del Sur, which is within a few miles, while the Rancho Bernardo fires to the west of the 15 are also about 5 miles away), my place will be fine.

Right now, the news is reporting that, based on the number of reverse 911 calls in the mandatory evacuation areas, and the 2000 census, we're looking at 513,000 evacuees right now. That's just...dang.

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