San Diego Oct 26th

Fires, wars and disasters sharply focus a community's priorities back to
where they belong - thanks to all those fighting for us and our best wishes
to those in harm's way.

Two old Stoofs joined the battle at first light - sure looks surreal out
there..

Thanks for the comments, guys - we're fine but the kids are scared all to hell.
Its a real mess out there. We could really use a few more firebombers but I
know others need them too.

v/r
Gordon

(Gordon) wrote:

Thanks for the comments, guys - we're fine but the kids are scared all to hell.
Its a real mess out there. We could really use a few more firebombers but I
know others need them too.

A good friend of mine who flies out of Nichols field (about 10 miles
from the coast on the east end of Lower Otay Lake near San Diego)
got lucky as the firestorm mercifully spared his airplane hangared
at Nichols field. Here is a photo taken from the air of Nichols:

http://www.little-acorn.com/nichols3.jpg

But the devastation was *total* at Barona airpark, just 15-20 miles
northeast of downtown San Diego. All but two hangars were
incinerated and approx. 20 aircraft were completely destroyed.
The fire was so hot that it literally melted aluminum trailers as
shown in this photo:

http://www.little-acorn.com/trailer0.jpg