I live in the Olivenhain/South Carlsbad/NE Encinitas corridor. My family and I were given 'voluntary' evacuation notices starting at 6:30AM Monday...then a 'mandatory' notice (by reverse 911 calls) at 3 PM.

We are safe and staying at a friend's house on a hilltop in Dana Point, about 40 miles North, along with another Encinitas family (it's now a crowded house with 9 people, two cats, and two dogs). So far our homes are OK but still threatened by the Rancho Sante Fe fire about 1 mile away. My buddy is a reserve OC Sheriff and he's been busy working traffic control for the Santiago Canyon fires up here. Pretty much everyone in SD and parts of OC and LA have been significantly affected by the fires. For details and a map of what's going on, see http://signonsandiego.lamphost.net/p..._FirePerem.pdf and http://www.signonsandiego.com/.

Last night we sat on his patio and watched the Camp Pendleton fires develop, eerie sight as the fires climbed over the hillsides and down towards the I-5 (which was/is closed in this area). The Camp P fire has been identified as the "Horno fire"...Horno Pt. is the site where some of the local RC jet guys fly, I'm hoping the fire name is just a coincidence.

Thanks for the concerns/comments, there are a number of other SD area jet guys who have been impacted...my local jet buddy Bags was surrounded at one point (in Poway/Scripps Ranch) but everything is OK for now. We're heading home this AM as soon as the freeway opens up.

Barry

PS - I did not take any models...but DID find room to pack my trusty 10X and new Electra kit and EVF (just in case).