San Diego, CA

In a recent release by Forbes.com, they recently named America’s Fattest Cities and San Diego didn’t do too well being that they scored amongst the top 10. Other cities who landed amongst the fattest cities are Memphis, Tennessee who has an obesity level of 34% landing them in the top spot. The second spot belongs to Birmingham, Alabama with an obesity level of 31.3%. The third spot belongs to San Antonio, Texas who has an obesity level of 31.3%. So where is San Diego on this list? We earned ourselves the tenth spot on the list with an obesity level of 26.7%. Forbes has come up with reasons as to why we have such a high obesity level. One reason they claim is that our city is a heavy commuter’s city being that we don’t walk around plus being that there are a lot of Hispanics in San Diego they tend to have a higher chance of obesity. What do they say San Diego is doing to stop the trend? They are targeting obesity in kids by changing the things offered in San Diego public and private schools plus introducing more physical fitness.

I just wanted to see how the response would be if I did a contest or some sort of sweepstakes to win possibly some San Diego gift certificate to a restaurant or theme park. Would anyone be interested in that? Leave a comment so I can so how the response would be and tell me what you think would be a great giveaway to thank you for reading and coming back to this San Diego blog.

As the world can imagine, San Diego and many part of Southern California haven’t been a pretty sight for the last few days. Fires have ravaged many homes and business all over San Diego and have put Southern California on national news as a headlining story for all to see. I was one of the many, almost one million, who were forced to evacuated their homes in fear for their lives or at the very least losing their home. At one point in time, the first was several hundred feet from my house which is when we were told by police that our suburb was taken out of the voluntary evacuation warning and is now a mandatory evacuation zone. Many San Diegans, fled to nearby evacuation centers such as local high schools and the biggest evacuation center, Qualcomm, others found refuge from the smoke and ash floating in the air at friends and family lucky enough to still have their homes as shelter. Many were lucky to have their homes saved by the very brave fire fighters from all over saving people’s houses although they did their best, in the end many houses were just pieces of rubble. Although the fires are almost being contained they still continue to carry on but once these fires have died down there’s still the grueling process of rebuilding. So San Diego and many part of Southern California have a very long way to go. I would like to thank you for all the comments left on this site and to let you know that my house still stands, my family is in tact and we’re fine. I’ll be blogging more about this fire and it’s aftermath in later blogs. But don’t think it will be all bad news. Part of putting this in the past is picking up where we left off and that’s writing about one of America’s finest cities.

http://www.sdcountyemergency.com

If you get a reverse 911, hear the fire department knock on your door or know you’re in a necessary evacuation area don’t waste any time to get out. If you wait till you have to be rescued you’ll be wasting precious firemen labor on yourself when they could’ve been help putting out this fire. Don’t be foolish, get out.

The picture above is one that I took exactly four years ago during the cedar fire. It has been said that this may be worse than the Cedar Fire of 2003. It has been a sleepless night listening to the strong winds that are going on. There are currently eight fires burning at the moment. Keep your radios tuned in and TV kept on to know if your area needs to be evacuated. There has only been one fatality and we all need to keep it like that.

They have evacuated a huge chunk of North County which is east of I-5, south of 76 and north of 56 have been evacuated. The city is saying if you do not work for the county than do not go to work, it is not business as usual so if you’re boss says you need to come to work tell them this is more important than your job. Keep the roadways clear so the firefighters and people who need to evacuate can use them. Last do not use your cell phones. This will help the fire fighters by not jamming their frequency. Good luck and stay safe. Let’s hope that the next time I write it’s of better news.

Oh, that link up there is the San Diego County emergency update site but it, obviously, is being bombarded and is hard to access. Keep your eyes glued on the TV or listen to the radio to know what’s up.

As any long time San Diegan can tell you, when we hear the word fire we tend to be a bit worried. This will definitely be a night with little sleep for me as I was close to being evacuated during the cedar fire of 2003 and am a bit worried. I heard on the news that the fire is currently 5% contained so I hope by tomorrow morning that that number will be increased and the acres burned will not. I hope everyone in San Diego is doing fine and remember, if you’re in an area that has been issued an evacuation notice, waste no time to leave. Let’s hope these fires are contained and the last we see for a long while.

The weekend is upon us but what to do. As I said in my previous post, Dashboard Confessional among other artists are performing in various venues. Above is Dashboard Confessional’s music video fro Stolen which was filmed at Hotel Del Coronado. Also Halloween is just around the corner and there are a lot of scary haunted houses and parks all around San Diego. There’s the Haunted Hotel located in Downtown, Haunted Trail located in Balboa Park and the Screamzone at the Del Mar fairgrounds. Each equally scary and only around for the month of October, so get into the spirit of Halloween and get spooked if this is your thing. Plus of course on Sunday, the Raiders will be coming to town to take on our San Diego Chargers. They have a rivalry going on so it’s always commotion when these two teams play. Another event going on is San Diego’s own Oktoberfest which is happening at Ocean Beach. There’ll be plenty of sausage and beer to go around.

A really big event that happens every year in San Diego is the Miramar Air Show. This is a huge event and they project to have over 700,000 people in the span of the weekend. The Thunderbirds are going to put on a great air show and there’ll be plenty to do and watch as it marks the end of Fleet Week here in San Diego which honors the military and Miramar Air Show is the last of the many events that happen during fleet week.

So with so much to do and many I haven’t listed. It’s a great weekend in San Diego to kick back and have some fun. What events are San Diegan’s going to that I haven’t listed? Let me know.

TGIF!