Status of Southern California Fans in Fire Areas

Last updated at 7:25 PST on 11/6/2003

This is a work-in-progress.  It isn't elegant.  It's just meant to convey information about Southern California fans who live in the current "firestorm" areas.

Information was compiled through a number of sources, including Christian McGuire, Chaz Baden, Elisa Sheets and Michael Siladi.  We welcome updated information, sent to socal-fires@hematite.com   We'll update this information as often as we can. We also ask you to provide follow-up information to let us know when the person(s) has returned home and we no longer need to track them.

We also thanks those who have helped by providing us with additional information.

"LA-West" indicates those affected by the Simi Valley/Chatsworth area fires.  "LA-East" indicates those affected by the San Bernadino/eastern Los Angeles County fire.  And "San Diego" is for those affected by the San Diego fires.

All times are in PST - Pacific Standard Time

Side notes:
If you want to see what the fires look like from space, check out this medium-resolution NASA photo of the smoke clouds from the fires.  This photo was taken at 18:25 UTC (10:25am PST) on October 28.  The NASA site has higher and lower resolution images, and you can scroll to older or newer images.

Darrel L. Exline has taken the NASA images and created an animated GIF on his web page.

Keith Thompson has a web page showing smoke from his home in Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego

Name Status Evacuation Plans Region Last Updated
Augur, James safe At home, not in danger LA - East 9:45pm    10/28
Baden, Chaz Boston safe at home, not in danger LA - East 9:42pm    10/27
Baden, Lynn Boston safe at home, not in danger LA - East 9:42pm    10/27
Baden, Evans safe At home, not in danger San Diego 12:06am    10/28
Baden, Kate safe At home, not in danger LA - East 12:06am    10/28
Bauer, Kris safe At home and well San Diego 11:17pm    10/27
Bauer-Landes, Valentina safe No plan to evacuate San Diego 8:00pm    10/27
Beckstead, Cathy safe Unlikely to need to evacuate LA - West 9:15am    10/27
Beckstead, Patrick safe Unlikely to need to evacuate LA - West 9:15am    10/27
Beckstead, Scott safe Unlikely to need to evacuate LA - West 9:15am    10/27
Benson, Thomas safe At Home San Diego 2:10pm    10/29
Bently, Don safe At home Escondido 11:36pm    10/28
Bently, Laurie safe At home Escondido 11:36pm    10/28
Bloom, David safe At home San Diego 11:09am    10/28
Bloom, Stella safe At home San Diego 11:09am    10/28
Boden, Bert safe At home LA - East 8:15pm    10/27
Briggs, James safe At home San Diego 6:46pm    10/29
Brown, Jordan safe no plans to evacuate LA-West 9:15am    10/27
Brown, Kim safe no plans to evacuate LA-West 9:15am    10/27
Burkes, Collen Kelly safe At home San Diego 10:38pm    10/29
Childress, Sandra safe At home San Diego 6:46pm    10/29
Cleary, Sean safe At home LA - East 7:30am    10/30
Dawe, Sue safe At home San Diego 7:23pm    11/6
Dutton, Dwight safe At home LA - West 2:15pm    10/29
Evans, Barney safe at home, house not threatened San Diego 11:32pm    10/28
Evans, Kate safe at home, house not threatened San Diego 11:32pm    10/28
Exline, Darrel safe at home, not in danger San Diego 11:49am    10/27
Fitch, Don safe at home, not in danger LA - East 8:49pm    10/29
Forman, Aileen safe Possibly evacuating LA - East 3:00pm    10/27
Forman, Ken safe Possibly evacuating LA - East 3:00pm    10/27
Green, Ed safe At home LA - South 2:15am    10/28
Gibson, Roz safe At home LA - East 2:15pm    10/29
Golden, Bruce safe Evacating San Diego 12:59pm    10/28
Hedges, Russel safe At Home San Diego 5:58pm    10/30
Long-Hemsath, Bonnie safe At home, No plan to evacuate LA -- West 11:45pm    10/28
Hemsath, Greg safe At home, No plan to evacuate LA -- West 11:45pm    10/28
Heslin, Rachel safe At home LA -- West 11:55am    10/30
Heslin, Rilla safe At home San Diego 11:55am    10/30
Heslin, Shawn safe Evacuated to Riverside LA -- West 12:06pm    10/29
Heslin, Phillip safe Evacuated, home not in danger San Diego 12:06am    10/29
Hildreth, Diana safe At Home San Carlos 7:46pm    10/30
Holder, Nancy safe Evacuated, should be home tomorrow San Diego 9:57pm    10/28
Hornstein, Hans safe Home not threatend San Diego 3:35pm    10/30
Hunter, Anastasia safe No plan to evacuate San Diego 8:00pm    10/27
Kaiser, Dwain safe At Home LA - East 9:03pm    10/29
Kaiser, JoAnn safe At home LA - East 9:03pm    10/29
Kusters, John safe at home San Diego 6:00pm    10/26
Light, Eric safe At home ??? 13:49pm    10/28
Light, Michele safe At home ??? 13:49pm    10/28
Lutton, Alan safe at home San Diego 6:00pm    10/26
Massoglia, Alice safe At home LA - West 1:49pm    10/28
Massoglia, Ben safe At home LA - West 1:49pm    10/28
Massoglia, Marty safe Out of town in Arizona LA - West 1:49pm    10/28
McGuire, Christian safe Hosting evacuees from other areas LA 1:30pm    10/27
Meyers, Dave safe At home San Carlos 7:46pm    10/30
Meyers, Mary Ann safe At home San Carlos 7:46pm    10/30
Miller, Dennis safe evacuated, no damage to house LA-West 3:38pm    10/28
Mills, David safe At home. San Diego 9:18pm    10/27
Morgenstern, Kate safe At home LA ??? 9:15pm    10/27
Mortensen, Liz safe At home, not in danger LA - West 2:10am    10/28
Mullican, Cathy (Menolly) safe Fire no longer a threat. San Diego 5:15pm    10/28
Nazarian, Vera safe House not threatened at this time LA - West 10:43pm    10/27
Niven, Larry safe Back at home LA-West 8:29pm    10/28
Niven, Marilyn safe Back at home LA-West 8:29pm    10/28
Norton, Scott safe At home La Mesa 7:46pm    10/30
Oliver, Kathie safe At home El Cajon 7:46pm    10/30
Oliver, Tom safe At home El Cajon 7:46pm    10/30
Ontell, Ron safe At home San Diego 10:58am    10/30
Ontell, Val safe At home San Diego 10:58am    10/30
Pelz, Elayne safe At home, not in danger LA - West 2:10am    10/30
Reynante, Greg safe At home San Diego 10:58pm    10/29
Reynante, Regina safe At home San Diego 10:58pm    10/29
Rodriguez, Maria safe at home, not in danger LA - East 9:42pm    10/27
Rodgers, Karen safe at home, not in danger San Diego 7:40am    10/29
Rowland, Atanielle safe At home, no power San Diego 5:58pm    10/30
Rowland, Kevin safe At home, no power San Diego 5:58pm    10/30
Sheets, Elisa safe At home San Diego 9:18pm    10/27
Shapero, Kay safe At Home LA - ??? 2:41pm    10/29
Shapero, Nicolai safe At Home LA - ??? 2:41pm    10/29
Simpson, Eric safe At home San Diego 5:00pm    10/27
Smith, Terrie safe House not threatened at this time San Diego 12:51pm    10/27
Stevens, Milt safe At home LA-West 6:05am    11/5
Swycaffer, Jefferson safe At home La Mesa 7:46pm    10/30
Tepper, Matthew B. safe Unlikely to need to evacuate LA-East 4:40pm    10/29
Thomas, Michael safe at home San Diego 6:00pm    10/26
Thompson, Keith safe House not threatened at this time San Diego 9:33pm    10/27
Thompson, Sara safe House not threatened at this time San Diego 9:33pm    10/27
Thornton, Katt safe At home LA - East 8:15pm    10/27
Tilghman, Adam safe at home San Diego 6:00pm    10/26
Westfahl, Gary safe Evacuated, staying with friends ??? 12:51pm    10/27
Wooten, Glen safe Out of town, house not threatened at this time San Diego 6:25pm    10/30
Underwood, Michael safe At home Ramona 7:25pm    11/6

This page was last updated at 7:25am PST on 11/5/2003
by Michael Siladi and Tony Cratz
who apologize, in advance, for any errors or omissions.