Firestorm 2007

From our apartment parking lot... looking East(-ish)
Looking North from our apartment
Blocked up the door jamb to further keep the smoke + ash out
Neighbors are packing up or have already left
Del Mar Heights was a parking lot -- taking side streets over to Kiyomi's
The 56 on-ramp is jammed
Looking out from Kiyomi's
Evacuated Kendra
Trying to stop the smoke + ash
Finally an update... Del Mar is under full evacuation now... the fire is heading west quickly... approaching our homes
We're now evacuating Del Mar (after being evacuated from our apartment in Carmel Valley) -- Monday afternoon (Oct 22nd)
Heading to Mike's place (our secondary evac location)
(Unrelated, but humorous) -- Gas pump at a Shell Station
At Mike's "Refugee Camp A" for the night
Passing time with some Settlers
Updated map as of 5:30am Oct 23... fire has spread westward a bit... looks like a lot noth and south, too.
Updated map as of 12:15pm Oct 23... spread a little further West and a fair amount North (towards Encinitas)
Rusty!
My car is coated in ash on Wednesday (it ended up getting much worse over the coming days)
My car
The evac order was lifted Wednesday morning (Oct 24th) -- our return home was met with ash, and lots of it. You can see the pool in our complex. Note also the pine needles. Oh, my, the needles! The Santa Anas really did a number on the pine trees. They're EVERYWHERE.