Webster is Principal and Founder at Bruce F. Webster & Associates, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University. He works with organizations to help them with troubled or failed information technology (IT) projects. He has also worked in several dozen legal cases as a consultant and as a testifying expert, both in the United States and Japan. He can be reached at bwebster@bfwa.com, or you can follow him on Twitter as @bfwebster.
The latest San Diego County Emergency Center fire map show little active burning except in the northern section of the Witch Creek / Poomacha fire complex: As you can see, a lot of this is still up on Palomar Mountain. The San Diego County Emergency Center had this description of the Poomacha Fire as of […]
…it appears that not all the lessons learned from the 2003 San Diego fires were applied: LOS ANGELES — Eight Marine helicopters were at the ready to help fight the California wildfires but were grounded due to government red tape, lawmakers said Friday. This prevented some firefighting teams from getting to the largest U.S. natural disaster […]
As per BruceH’s morning post, things are cooling down, literally and figuratively. There are still a few small communities under threat, but we no longer face the prospect of having Chula Vista, La Mesa, and/or Del Mar go up in smoke. This is the second major set of fires that San Diego has endured in […]
There is a lack of agreement among the various government agencies as to which freeways and highways are open or closed. The overnight fire/evacuation map from the San Diego County Emergency Center (PDF), dated as of 0230 PDT this morning, shows virtually all freeways and major highways in and out of San Diego County to […]
The shift in wind and weather continues to be reflected in the San Diego County’s Emergency Center fire and evacuation map (PDF file, posted as of 0230 PDT). Witch Creek/Poomacha Fires The Witch Creek, Guajito and Poomacha fires are shown as a single fire complex; almost all of the active spots are to the north […]
UPDATED 10/24/07 – 1441 PDT Pulled up from the comments: I was wondering if you can let everyone know that if they want to give a monetary donation to the American Red Cross, they can do so at the Temecula Costco. 100% of your donation goes to the American Red Cross. Our store manager lost […]
Since BruceH has been doing all the mapping and mashups here, I have no problem posting the following kind words from one of our readers, since they all go to BruceH’s work: Your valiant efforts at ‘mashing’ fire info into concise statements and useful maps is greatly appreciated! I have a retired Marine son in […]
I’ve heard from my good friends Jerry & Debbie Hewett, who moved up to Temecula long before it was cool to do so. The break in the Santa Ana winds has actually created problems for them: The fires are on the other side of the hills and the wind is currently calm, with the offshore […]
The Harris Fire is moving slowly, but it still is active near the Spring Valley/Lemon Grove area, as well as near the eastern outskirts of National City: Here’s the current Harris Fire report from the CALFIRE website: Harris Fire Harris Ranch Road & Hwy 94 San Diego County This fire has burned 72,000 acres and […]
If you are looking for information on the October 8th, 2008 fire in Camp Pendleton, you will find it here [Posted 0555 PDT] Yesterday I spoke at length with my son Jon, a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. He talked about the concerns regarding the various fires surrounding the Camp, most notably the Rice Creek […]