Update of the day:
Still safe here. Haven’t been evacuated and betting that we’re not going to be. The Witch Creek fire’s about 5 miles north of here, but blowing west toward the water, not south.
Work remains shut down, since we’re all conserving power and keeping people off the streets.
We’ve got some folks doing remote work, but the events here are playing merry hell with our beta update schedule (entirely on hold) and the remaining dev time for the expansion. The added stress definitely doesn’t help.
As for the fire, it’s hard to track what we see from here with the reality of what’s going on. If you were over here without watching the news, you’d think that Sunday was the worst day and that it’s been getting better since. Exactly the opposite of what’s been happening.
Sunday, we had the smoke blowing this way and the coat of ash-snow on everything. If you’ve never seen it, picture standing about 30 feet downwind from a campfire. Same exact smell and effect. Two days later with the fires expanded, thanks to the wind shift it’s been reasonably calm.
I’ll take that luck. Here’s hoping it stays that way.
Victoria said
October 23 2007 @ 10:32 am
Stay safe you guys.
Nick McLaren said
October 23 2007 @ 11:34 am
I’ll drink to that.
Drew Campbell said
October 23 2007 @ 4:34 pm
Keepin’ my fingers crossed for ya bro.
LGraf said
October 23 2007 @ 5:43 pm
Good to hear. The folks who live up north have had Dean and I worried and concerned since the fires moved closer.
We’re in the middle of San Diego, near Kaiser Hospital. The fires aren’t anywhere near us, unlike 2003. The Mission Trails fire burned literally blocks from us before it all turned for the better.
May the fires continue to stay out of reach.
–LG
Amber Lawson said
October 23 2007 @ 6:17 pm
Glad to hear you are safe.
Now stay that way!
Moorgard said
October 24 2007 @ 1:08 pm
We’re thinking of you guys, and hoping for the best.
Adele said
October 25 2007 @ 9:26 pm
Good to hear you all are safe, but enough excuses! Get back to the expansion! Sheesh… devs these days… They will use any excuse to take a day off, no concern for the players who are waiting oh so patiently for Rise of Kunark.
Joking of course:) Stay safe and whatever you do and whatever happens… do as Grimwell would do and save the laptop!