Snow days? Nah...We've got FIRE days

Its the train wreck you just have to watch. You really just can't turn away. And since we are too far centralized in San Diego for it to really endanger us (besides the noxious air), we just can't stop watching as the fire attempts to surround San Diego proper. Its an eerie feeling. We went to bed Sunday night with fires burning in East County, and woke up to houses burning in Rancho Bernardo, which is just east of I-15. Yesterday we watched as the fire jumped the 15 and headed for the ocean. We watched as they evacuated all the way to the ocean. How does a fire get from East County all the way to the ocean? Today, we watch as Chula Vista to the south is evacuated and Spring Valley burns. We're safe, don't get me wrong...but when over 350,000 people are evacuated, its a little creepy. And we want to not watch as news coverage lasts all day, we want to watch movies and play video games. But we watch. And watch. And watch. It doesn't get worse, but it doesn't get better. We watch. Waiting for something new to happen. The fire spreads and spreads and spreads. But we watch. Its the last thing on at night and the first thing on in the morning. We just can't look away as thousands of people are forced from their homes and into the middle of the city. And since they've closed schools and universities, we can't even go to work to help us look away. We watch, not knowing if the train wreck will stop or how long it will last. We're safe, so we watch.