...so, I'm supposed to *stay* in my house?

[mimesere]

http://www.knx1070.com/O-C--Fire/1115546

I live less than 5 miles from this.

Er.

eta: people who I have promised not to die: I renew my promise not to die horribly in a fire. er. even though there is apparently a massive fire five miles from where I live. or something. I live near the 241! I am a little bit freaked out! But the Orange County Fire Authority says not to evacuate! Even though there is a big sign outside my complex that says to listen to KNX newsradio for updates!

eta2: WTF! Residents of Orchard Hills and Portola Springs areas of Irvine are asked to stay at home with windows and doors closed. THAT IS A MILE FROM WHERE I LIVE! I SHOP AT THE ORCHARD HILLS SHOPPING CENTER!

eta3: http://www.ocfa.org/pages/ocfa.asp?filename=canyonfire.asp

eta4: WOO! SO CAL FREEWAYS FTW! Apparently the fire that was headed toward Irvine hit the 241 toll road and stopped. I think. According to this news report thing. I hope. My bag is packed just in case.

eta5: now there are voluntary evacuations. !!!

eta6: ...and I can see the fire from my house.

eta7: and now I have switched to the emergency band for Irvine.

eta8:

The orange glow is the fire. The clouds are smoke from the fire. My bag is packed and ready to go, man.


eta9: there's a mandatory evacuation notice for 2 miles away. So. Uh. Well. We'll see what's going on.

eta10: now they've rescinded the mandatory evacuation and we're back to voluntary evacuation for the area just across the street from my community. woo. Or no, according to the emergency band, the mandatory is still on for the community 2 miles away but the OCFA says not.

eta11: I aten't dead! Woo! Fire seems to be under control.

eta12: Aaaaaand they're back to mandatory evacuations. Not near my house or in my city, but still. I am at work and well away from it, but I'm watching the OCFA page so I can let my mom know what's the happenings if she needs to go.

eta13: HAHAHA. It got worse. Approx. 15000 acres burned, mandatory evacuations in Lake Forest, and wind conditions/temperature not really working in anyone's favor. Grar. Judging from the evacuation sites, it's moving away from my house (thank goodness), but now there are 2000 structures in immediate danger and the fire has grown at least half again as big since I got to work.

http://www.ocfa.org/pages/ocfa.asp?filename=canyonfiremap.asp <-- a map of the fire. If you look on the far left side of the map where all the little streets are? That's where I live. Anyway. This is emphatically not super. There's ash everywhere, it's gray and smells like smoke everywhere, and just. Ugh.

Comments

[oh-mumble.livejournal.com]

Fucking hell, darling. Another of my friends is right by you and she's still waiting to hear if she's being evacuated.

Also, 'stay at home'? WHAT.

plz be safe.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Now I am trying to decide if it is okay to sleep or if I should just stay awake. My life, so hard.

[oh-mumble.livejournal.com]

Stay awake, sleep tomorrow? Or set your alarm for every couple of hours?

omg.

♥

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

I think it's okay? It's been stable for the past few hours and all the news reports said the firefighters had it under control. I'll sleep light and probably wake up in a few hours and check and nap after that.

[oh-mumble.livejournal.com]

Okay. Just make sure you check back in here and let us know you're okay, yeah? ♥

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

I'm not dead! And everything seems to be okay now, I think.

[oh-mumble.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you're okay! One of my friends is a couple miles away from you, so I have been doubly worried. Keep updating us, yeah?

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

I will definitely keep updating. We're watching the news at work and have an evacuation plan in place and everything. It's exciting in a stressful kind of way.