My son is in the Navy and stationed at 29 Palms. Since there's nothing at 29 Palms for his wife and son, they stay in San Diego while he is on duty. He goes home when he's not in his shift rotation cycle. He evacuated his family to the little trailer he rents in 29 Palms so they're all safe. They don't have to worry about fires at 29 Palms. It features a landscape only a little less desolate than that shown in the Apollo moon landings. There's not much there to burn.

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.

I can't imagine where all of those evacuees are staying. The 10,000 or so who're staying at Qualcomm stadium are only a small percentage of those who had to evacuate.