Social networks are playing an increasingly important role during and in the aftermath of disasters. This is our way of contributing to the community and the recovery effort by offering a non-commercial forum where people can share their stories and find support in the rebuilding effort.

Everyone is welcome to participate. Even if you weren’t a victim of the fires, you probably know someone who was or have a personal experience to relate; the site is open to the public and includes links to community and government resources. If you know of a valuable resource, we encourage you to post it.

I hope that you will find this site useful. You’re welcome to post anything about rebuilding workshops, clean-up information, lot swaps or similar services, or other offers that may benefit the San Diego community affected by the fires.

http://www.sdfirerebuild.com

All the best to you . . .

Thanks!

If you go to http://www.cbs8.com and click on the homes destroyed link the street names are actually linked to a google map and you can zoom in/out and figure out if you have relatives or a house in the area and it gives you a better idea of what’s gone/still standing. Hope this helps.

You’re all in our prayers up here in the rainy NW and we’re wishing we could bottle up this rain and send it your way. Stay strong!

Vista del lago is still closed, even though 4 homes have been affected. I hope that the utilities and cable lines will be active when we are allowed to return, but I suspect that is not the case.

Does anyone have more/better info on Vista del Lago???

-Dan

There are a few streets that I don’t immediately recognize. There are 24 pics from a hKNSD helo that flew overhead to show some of the damage. Check it out if you still don’t know the exacts about your place or haven’t seen it yet. The slideshow is called the Rancho Bernardo Damage Tour.

HitsUSA admin says: The link below is to the most complete list I have seen. It covers all of San Diego county including Rancho Bernardo.

http://tinyurl.com/2xtmh3

Tenants, we can only depend on each other.

Video from outside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifyCITiTRQU

Video from inside of firefighters fighting: http://video.nbcsandiego.com/player/?id=170306

I finally got through to my brother’s answering machine at 11322 Matinal Circle (south of Matinal Road). So at least the kitchen counter is still standing. The phone had not even been ringing for the previous 48 hours. I had been getting an immediate recording of “your call cannot go through at this time.” My brother drove to Westwood last night and the National Guard would not escort him to his home. I saw the fire chief being interviewed this morning on CNN. He said residents would not be able to reinhabit the neighborhood until water, utilities and debris from the street can be addressed. He also said that the National Guard would escort residents to their homes for five minutes. Maybe there was a personnel shortage last night and escorts had to be temporarily suspended. My brother said he did see smoke coming from several parts of the community as he drove past on I-15. Please pass along any news from the Matinal Circle neighborhood. Thx. Matt (mrc316@gmail.com)

anyone know about the rancho del norte apts near chili’s ralphs and all that new stuff?

I looked on google maps and all I can see from the satellite is a gray vacant lot :[

doesnt look very promising but I just want to know for sure.

I live in 10974, and it was untouched by the fire. The unit across the garage alley (don’t know the number) was burned out. The top floor anyway. Everything is wet. I only had a couple of minutes and didn’t want to waste the police’s time.

I called the office and I guess the calls there are being rerouted somewhere. The girl who answered the phone knows nothing (then why answer the phone?). I relayed the info about my building, but I don’t believe she took down the info.

Nevertheless, La Terraza residents, call with any info or unit numbers, they can be a big help with those who have no idea. Like my downstairs neighbor, a Marine on deployment.

Westwood Elementary is okay.

Let me put your minds at ease.

When I visited RB today at 3:30 PM, there were ZERO current fires in Rancho Bernardo. No smoke, no nothing. It was actually clear, sunny skies… amazing how different it was from 24 hours previously. It would be VERY easy for helicopters / satellites to photograph / check up on RB from the sky too.

Plus, there are TONS of police officers and National Guard troops (camoflauge & machine guns) along the entrances to bad neighborhoods. Also, police officers are driving around within the neighborhoods regularly. So even if something somehow did happen to catch fire (not sure HOW that might possibly happen given the “stable state” I saw today), I’m absolutely positive the police would immediately recognize the fire and get the fire department there asap.

I did happen to notice a bunch of fire trucks and police cars having their “base” at the Community Park; so they would be ready to spring into action if needed.

Also: little to no wind today in RB during the afternoon. GREAT signs!

Hope this helps.

If you go to the Holiday Inn on Rancho Bernardo Drive, the police will personally escort you (or drive you) to your house. You must have government photo ID to prove you live there. They will not ask if you are going to get medicine (although this might be the “official” line). They will wait for you while you go into your house for a few minutes to check things out.

I went to Cedilla Place (my grandma’s house) in Oaks North. From the intersection of Rancho Bernardo Rd & Pomerado Rd (the “checkpoint” at which the National Guard will not let you go any further North), I drove North on Pomerado Drive & made a right on Paseo Del Verano; left on Cumana Terrace; right on Cedilla Place. The homes within Oaks North along my drive – and even the houses on the hill to the East (off Valle Verde Dr) – are completely UNTOUCHED. There are tree branches and trees that have been blown down, but NO FIRE DAMAGE. My grandma’s house has a smoky smell, but other than that – it’s as if nothing happened.

I too heard that my grandma’s Government Representative would have a list of all burned houses on his website.

Where I DID see fire damage was along I-15 (the saddle ridge with the cross on it was burnt, for instance). 95% + of the homes I saw along I-15 south of Escondido were just fine. I only saw one home south of the Pomerado Rd. exit along I-15 that was burnt.

Rancho Bernardo Community Park (including dog park) on W Bernardo Dr was just fine – untouched. Couldn’t believe it. The retirement center directly across the street from the Community Park was just fine too – thank god!

I believe the Sheriff’s office for San Diego County has a list of mandatory evacuations – and LIFTED evacuations. I called them and they told me Poway’s mandatory evac had been lifted. They did not know that at least part of RB’s mandatory evac had been lifted, however. So their information may be slow.

The best thing to do is get on the ground and go see for yourself.

Hope this helps some of you. And God Bless.