Char for the Course

California wildfires continue to rage 1

In case you haven't heard, there are some crazy fires going down in southern California. At the time of this posting, some 400,000 acres have burned, igniting more than 1,500 structures, including some 1,000 homes. An estimated 700,000 people have been evacuated; two have died. The White House has declared a state of emergency, and health officials are urging children, the elderly, and the sick to stay indoors to avoid breathing in soot particles. Guess we'll get an answer to the question we posed last year: "Could a Western wildfire be the country's next Katrina?" Um, we meant it rhetorically.

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  1. kyotousa Posted 3:09 am
    24 Oct 2007

    700,000 evacuated - really?I spoke with a colleague in San Diego this morning (Wednesday) about the size and scope of the SoCal wildfires, expressing my amazement at the number of people displaced. He indicated that the number is overstated and sent this link along (http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/) that indicates that the number is less than 100,000. Still a lot, but I wonder why there's such a disparity. Any ideas?

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