Fires still burn out of control this evening. Camp Pendleton has 3 fires on the base-- the base is HUGE, covers over 200 miles! The north end of the base abuts San Clemente with schools not too far. Received a call from the school district tonight that they are closing all school tomorrow. We will be notified tomorrow if school will also be closed on Friday. They did this for 3 reasons-- 1) students and faculty have been exposed to 3 days of poor air quality and they are concerned about respiratory problems,2) fire poses threats to our schools at the northern end and southern ends of the district 3) although no schools are under threat at this point, should that change, there are too many families with children at more than 1 school which would be a nightmare if you have to get children from more than 1 school should there be a mandatory evacuation.
We have absolutely no wind where I am so the soot is just sitting in the air. I have the house fan going, but it is becoming stifling at times. Have all the pictures in one area so that should we have to evacuate, I will just have to empty the one cupboard. So far we are safe, just not in a healthy situation.
Debbi in SO CA