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Between the big fires of 2003 and 2007, there was a small fire in the Rancho San Pasqual valley that was contained quickly.

Photo Gallery For Bandy Canyon Fire

Rainman was lost close to the Harris Fire during the fire evacuations on Monday. We just got the good news that when our friend returned to her house, Rainman was there waiting for her.

Rainman was the cat I taught how to hand-shake. (YouTube videos: p1,p2)
Rainman Photo Gallery

SignOnSanDiego just posted an all clear for my old neighborhood of Rancho San Pasqual.
Escondido has reopened two more neighborhoods to evacuated residents: Rancho San Pasqual and Rancho Vista Monte, both on the eastern part of town.
No homes were damaged or destroyed in those areas.

Aerial photo taken of Rancho San Pasqual prior to the development of [...]

Here is a list of what I found to be the best resources for information online dealing with the San Diego Fires of October 2007. UPDATED Wednesday 6 AM.
Radio:
KFMB 760 AM
KOGO 600 AM (some streaming problems)
XM 247 (no online stream)
Blogs:
Cat Dirt Sez
And Still I Persist ( back up!)
SignOnSanDiego (now on BlogSpot)
Bubble Info
Live Journal
Rich Knitter
Media:
KPBS (back [...]

History is repeating itself. Fires have broken out in North, East and South county. Below is a map of the fires put on the news this morning.

Just like 2003, our old neighborhood in East Escondido is being threatened by the San Pasqual Valley Fire. Our friend and Rainman are near the Harris Fire.
Here is [...]

Instead of heading out east for hike this week, I’ve been monitoring news stories on the latest round of wildfires. The fires are located in one of my favorite hiking regions. The fire is being called the Horse Fire. This is because it resides along Horsethief Canyon. You may recall I [...]