Here I am in Rancho Santa Fe in San Diego County with my friend, Ellen, that I've known since 6 years old... the fires got worse during the night, the winds picked up much worse and quicker than they anticipated, and now whole communities are evacuating all around us. We have been on phones for 2 hours (it's now 6am) calling friends and family to see what we can do. Ellen and her husband Bill are packed up with important things to take, and Im here to help with them and neighbors...this fire might be worse than the one 4 years aggo, right to the week that burned so much of Los Angeles down to San Diego.
We can hardly breathe even inside with the smoke being blown this way. Winds have been gusting up to 100 mph in areas and at times pushing flames across highways and such.
Not sure how Im getting back up to Anaheim an hour north of here later on today. But I'm here with friends and helping, that's the important thing to me.
