We have received a lot of e-mails and calls from friends that are concerned about us and we want you to know that we are ok.
We had a fire starting down at the intersection 79 and 371 on Sunday that spread very fast due to the high winds. It was burning on all three sides and came up about a mile from our house. We packed the necessary things and parked all our vehicles down on the graded part (future vineyard) that has no brush where they would be safe. The fire dept brought in 50+ engines and by Monday morning they had most of it under control. We were lucky that it started on Sunday because by Monday there were no resources left to fight new fires.
Today we woke up to a very dark day with fire clouds covering most of the sky. The fire closest to us is behind Palomar mountain that you can see from the sunset picture and that fire has spread increadibly over night. If the winds turn it could come down on our side of the mountain.
There are several fires burning in the Temecula area with the biggest one burning in Fallbrook about 15 miles south of my work. The whole city of Fallbrook has been evacuated and a lot of houses have burned down. The De Luz area which is the big hill behind my work has also been evacuated but I think they have most of those fires under control.
It is a terrible disaster for all of Southern California and my hart goes out to all the people that have lost their houses.
We have been very lucky so far and we thank you for your concerns.
It looked like someone dropped a bomb, the hole mountain accross from us has been coverd with smoke. On thursday the fire came over the ridge to our side.
