Post #339857 by LOL Tiki on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 3:56 PM

I believe Bosco is in the Escondido area which is safe at the moment but sandwiched between two fires; Fallbrook on the north and San Pasqual/Rancho Bernardo on the south. There is also a fire in the Coronado hills of San Marcos which is on Escondido's western border. I was in downtown Escondido about two hours ago and it is full of smoke from the San Pasqual/Rancho Bernardo fires. It's a bit surreal; looking south the sky is red/brown and generally scary, looking north the sky is crystal clear and serene for about 10-15 miles and then more smoke - but not as much from what I can see - in Fallbrook. At any rate, depending on where in Escondido he resides it's either crystal clear and pleasant (aside from the fires it's a very nice day) or he's dealing with a lot of rather uncomfortable smoke. To my knowledge there have been no evacuations in Escondido. The fires are generally moving west and there is serious speculation that they may burn to the sea. Solana Beach and parts of Del Mar have been asked to evacuate.