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If you were caught up in it or affected by it, what's your story?
My story is I was driving to Orinda from SF that morning... as I crossed the Bay Bridge, I noticed the smoke near the top of the Berkeley hills, well in front of me. As I continued to drive towards the Caldecott Tunnel, the fire was really growing FAST! (Shoot.. I'm gonna go right through this!) I'm on 24 (eastbound) a little past Lake Temescal and the hillside (Hiller Highlands) to my left is now a raging fire, right down to Hwy 24... traffic is going about 3mph... I feel real heat on my driver's side window. 😯
I... just... want... to...get... to/thru... the Caldecott Tunnel. Just short of the tunnel, it turns out the tunnel is CLOSED!!! WTF!! I/we were forced to exit Broadway(?) and head towards Hwy 13... but MAN! TRAFFIC WAS CRAWLING AND EVERYTHING ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS RED AND BURNING AND THE EMBERS WERE BLOWING CRAZY... the road was red with embers. Everything was red and burning around me. I figure one ember in my tailpipe and I'm dead.
Somehow, traffic didn't completely stop and I was able to get on Hwy 13 south. I knew the backroads to Moraga & Orinda and sped home to prepare for the worst. Fortunately, nothing crossed the Berkeley/Oakland hills ridgeline.
RIP Dr. Loggins and all those who died that terrible day.
My story is I was driving to Orinda from SF that morning... as I crossed the Bay Bridge, I noticed the smoke near the top of the Berkeley hills, well in front of me. As I continued to drive towards the Caldecott Tunnel, the fire was really growing FAST! (Shoot.. I'm gonna go right through this!) I'm on 24 (eastbound) a little past Lake Temescal and the hillside (Hiller Highlands) to my left is now a raging fire, right down to Hwy 24... traffic is going about 3mph... I feel real heat on my driver's side window. 😯
I... just... want... to...get... to/thru... the Caldecott Tunnel. Just short of the tunnel, it turns out the tunnel is CLOSED!!! WTF!! I/we were forced to exit Broadway(?) and head towards Hwy 13... but MAN! TRAFFIC WAS CRAWLING AND EVERYTHING ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS RED AND BURNING AND THE EMBERS WERE BLOWING CRAZY... the road was red with embers. Everything was red and burning around me. I figure one ember in my tailpipe and I'm dead.
Somehow, traffic didn't completely stop and I was able to get on Hwy 13 south. I knew the backroads to Moraga & Orinda and sped home to prepare for the worst. Fortunately, nothing crossed the Berkeley/Oakland hills ridgeline.
RIP Dr. Loggins and all those who died that terrible day.