The call came at 3:30 a.m., Monday morning, October 22. San Diego County had experienced a disastrous fire four years ago, and had installed a “Reverse 911″ system to warn residents in case of impending disaster. The system has two types of warnings: one to advise people of the potential of evacuation; the other ordering a mandatory evacuation. It was the latter recording we received.
Fortunately, my wife and I had been up since 1:30 a.m., as the Santa Ana winds made sleep impossible. Between 1:30 and 3:30, we began gathering critical paperwork and objects, in the event we needed to evacuate. Ultimately, we took very few things.
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