Friday, October 26, 2007
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As Fires Burn, Some Evacuees Return Home
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* CBSNews.com brings us this report and it starts off like this... Though several blazes still burned Friday across San Diego County, the region hardest hit by the firestorms that began last weekend, thousands of evacuees have been trickling back to neighborhoods stripped bare... The football stadium where thousands sought refuge is closing as an evacuation center, marking a symbolic show of progress. Once sheltering more than 10,000 people, Qualcomm Stadium was home to about 200 on Friday morning...
Read the rest HERE
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About above photo: A member of the Camp Pendleton Fire Department prepares to engage one of the many fires burning on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007. The fires, which began Oct. 23, 2007, continue to burn.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Denise M. Serrano
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* USAToday.com has this report and it goes in part like this... In all, fires raced across 497,000 acres... or 765 square miles, an area half the size of Rhode Island... They were fanned early in the week by Santa Ana winds that produced gusts topping 100 mph... Of the 1,800 homes lost so far, 80% were in San Diego County. The property damage there alone has surpassed $1 billion...
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Some evacuees return home as firefighting continues
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* The International Herald Tribune website has this report... While life began returning to normal in parts of southern California Friday, firefighters continued to battle several large blazes that still threatened more than 20,000 homes.
Read in full at link below...
Homes still at risk on sixth day of fires in California
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* Military Helps Battle Wildfires *
Military News Video about: Mandatory evacuation orders being lifted Friday for many of the residential areas of San Diego as military and civilian firefighters began making solid progress against wildfires...
I will post more on this terrible story over the next few days.
But again I say... God’s speed to all of those who are helping in the effort to fight these terrible... ongoing fires.
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I also send out my thoughts and prayers to those who lost their lives, to their families, friends and loved ones... to the families that have been evacuated from their homes... and to those who have lost everything.
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God bless each and every one of you...
AubreyJ.........
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