ROVING REPORTER

Our reporter Ray Flores, who has been wandering around the area (after evacuating his family!) visted the high school evaucation center, where he says about 1,200 people are. "There's mattreses on the gym floor and a lot of people are taking it easy. Some are intently watching the TV. They are handling it real well, I thought."

Ray continued west on Hwy 76 all the way to I-15 without seeing any fires along the way. He notes that Rice Canyon is completely blocked off. "There's tons of smoke but no flames. I didn't see any more structure fires. I did see about 20 fire trucks going east towards Palomar Mountain.