Fear And Cabin Fever In San Diego

I've just been pacing around with nowhere to go and nothing to do but be online and watch the news so writing this gave me something to do. I don't feel like I'm doing much personally because I myself may be evacuating sometime today.

I am so antsy to go down to one of the shelters anddo something to help, but my family wants to stay together, so I am just stuck in the house. I feel like all I can do right now is stay in touch with my friends online to provide emotional support, find out how everyone is doing, and watch the news to stay updated. I have a good friend who lost her home in Ramona, which is obviously very sad.

I know that people have been AMAZING about going down to Qualcomm Stadium, (our baseball stadium, one of the biggest shelters available), to give resources and volunteer their time in whatever way it is needed. If there's anything positive coming out of this it is to see how the community of San Diego has been wonderful about coming together to help each other.

I feel like all I can do to help readers is to tell them to NOT wait for an emergency to think about being prepared. Have at least three days of water and non-perishable food on hand, have computer files backed up, (I have a lot of typed journals on mine). Make sure that in case of an emergency you bring prescription medications and the prescriptions themselves if needed.