I had one of the BEST times of my life. Oh.My.God.
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I'm afraid I need to get serious for a moment. The title of this post is in reference to my old neighborhood in San Diego, which is going up in flames. I've not tried to get in touch with our friends there; they most likely have been evacuated to Qualcomm Stadium, and people are being asked to keep the bandwidth clear. Please keep the fire fighters, residents, business owners, and animals caught in the fire in your thoughts.
When I first told my family and friends in PA I would be moving to California (summer of 1998), to a person they shuddered and said "earthquakes." While I did experience quite a few shakers out there, including a pretty intense one while spending a night at Disneyland, they don't nearly scare me like a California fire stoked by Santa Ana winds. What you see on TV doesn't come close to the full magnitude of these fires. They scare the hell out of me (and you know I'm gonna burn in hell for my debauchery @ Martinsville).
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One of the fires is three miles away from my brother's house. We're sitting by the phone waiting...
Hope your friends are all good.
I had a feeling those fires were in your old stomping grounds. I'm glad you are safe and sound --- well--- uh..... at least safe. (tongue in cheek)
A few of us in this office are regular readers of your blog.
We are part of emergency services in San Diego dealing with the fires.
Things are a mess here, no rest for the weary. Just wanted to thank you for the moments of entertainment you’ve brought us & hope your friends are safe.
Code, thanks for coming out of lurkdom.
Kudos to you and all responders and emergency managers dealing with the fires. My heart goes out to all of you. Stay safe.
Can't wait to hear about the NASCAR adventure! Let's hope they get a handle on those fires so Code and Co. can do something else with their weekends!
Keeping good thoughts for your friends, and everyone else's friends and families out there effected by this.
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