| The latest fire in San Diego County, in | | | | In November 1993, Malibu Los Angeles |
| Southern California, burned 400,000 acres of | | | | witnessed a fire resulting from arson. The |
| land reducing 1300 homes to the ground. The | | | | fire burned for two weeks and killed 25 |
| President declared a state of emergency and | | | | people. Other devastating fires in the |
| mass evacuation was forces as the fire spread | | | | California region include the San Francisco |
| across San Diego, Long Beach, Malibu, Los | | | | Bay fire of October 1991, San Bernardino |
| Angeles, San Bernardino, Burbank and Santa | | | | Mountain foothills fire of November 1980, San |
| Barbara. | | | | Diego mountain fire of September 1970 and Los |
| | | | Angeles national forest fire of November |
| Well, like all natural disasters the San | | | | 1966. |
| Diego Wildfire has probably by now taken | | | | |
| complete control over the space on your | | | | Well there is hardly anything you can do |
| television, newspapers, magazines, & even | | | | about stopping people camping in the woods |
| your computer. If you're annoyed at being so | | | | from lighting fires. The firefighters are |
| bombarded by information about the | | | | doing their bit in stopping the fire. What |
| fire-here's something interesting for you. | | | | you can do for yourself and your family is |
| Statistics reveal that 7 out of ten wildfires | | | | have a evacuation kit ready especially for |
| are caused strictly by human activities. The | | | | forced situations like this. And, that |
| wind (Santa Ana, in this case) only plays its | | | | includes: |
| role in spreading the fire. | | | | |
| | | | Social Security Numbers and Identity Cards. |
| Crazy as it is that a single human act can | | | | Also throw in your documents-legal, |
| cause such a natural disaster, there is | | | | educational, medical-whatever is most |
| hardly anything you can do about it!! | | | | important. By the way, don't forget your |
| | | | insurance papers. That often turns out to be |
| Every year a number of people migrate to | | | | the most important. |
| California in United States. The number of | | | | |
| immigrants to California increased from 1.3 | | | | Take your time to note down the most |
| million to 8 million between 1990 to1995 and | | | | important contact names, addresses, and |
| further increased by a few more millions in | | | | contact numbers. |
| 2000. That's a whooping number of people in | | | | |
| one state! | | | | Apart from this you would of course put a |
| | | | first aid kit, hi-calorie food, water, flash |
| In October 2003, a wildfire originating near | | | | lights, and blankets. |
| San Diego engulfed 273,000 acres and | | | | |
| destroyed around 4000 structures. The 2003 | | | | Keep this evacuation kit ready and handy for |
| fire claimed 15 lives. The San Diego fire was | | | | just such a situation. This is about what you |
| one of 15 fires that started around the | | | | can do apart from cursing the government, the |
| region. The cause of the fires was a hunter!! | | | | TV channels, and specters of hunters in |
| | | | forests. |