Clydas goes to Disneyland!

[LadyDarling]

Well, my puppy made his first (of many, probably) Disneyland pilgrimage on Sunday! He did great during the long car ride up and enjoyed the tram ride and all the people heading to the front gate! He was treated VERY well at the kennel. We felt very comfortable leaving him there while we were in the parks, which means - he'll probably be coming along for our other Disneyland trips! He'll be a frequent flier for sure!

On the down side - they canceled the fireworks (for an unknown reason) and we got stuck on Roger Rabbit's Cartoon spin! All the lights went on and we were stuck in our car for about 1/2 an hour. We were rewarded with a pass to the front of the line at any ride in either park, but by that time, we were already planning on going home, so we just headed out.

We did get to take a newbie to Disneyland and she had a blast! A fun time was had by all. So much fun, in fact, that some of them may even come up for the WDWmagic.com meet! LOL
The more the merrier!
~Jay

 

[bryon1]

Fireworks were cancelled last night due to a "Stage 2" shooting. Stage 2 is based upon the high Santa Ana winds and where the possible "fallout" from the pyro will land.

D/L doesnt want the pyro falling onto the freeway or the close by residental areas.

Around a hour before pyro if you see a random set of white balloons floating up, its the pyro team testing the winds.

 

[LadyDarling]

Thanks! I wondered about that! The recording said "high winds". They must have been "high" for sure since there weren't any on the ground. Oh well! All the better for the puppy's little ears.

 

[xfkirsten]

Yeah, it doesn't take much of an altitude difference to have a high change in wind speed. When I was up in the Santa Margarita Reserve over the weekend, I was watching one of the weather instruments on the bluff... there were two wind measurements going, one maybe 10 feet higher up than the other, and even there, there was a noticable difference.

*still bitter over what the Santa Anas did to San Diego last fall*

 

[LadyDarling]

Count me as twice as bitter! I was on high alert for evacuation for 3 days! Talk about nerve wracking....Whew!

 

[xfkirsten]

Count me as twice as bitter! I was on high alert for evacuation for 3 days! Talk about nerve wracking....Whew!

The farthest west that the fires got in San Diego ended up being one block from my apartment. I'm still kicking myself for not running out and taking photos. I actually wasn't under a mandatory evacuation (you shoulda seen the manpower they were throwing at it by the time it got that far into the city!) but I left anyway and stayed with a friend near the beach for a couple of days just so I could breathe. I still ended up with severe smoke inhalation, and couldn't keep ANY food down for a few days.

 

[stranger]

My area was under mandatory evacuation...I was surrounded by the fire in Rancho Cucamonga and the fire in Big Bear mountain. The worst part was a police officer coming to the evacuation center to tell us our neighborhood didn't make it. Worst feeling in my life. In the morning, my brother drove up to where we live to see all the houses fine. To this day I'm still mad at the officer

 

[xfkirsten]

My area was under mandatory evacuation...I was surrounded by the fire in Rancho Cucamonga and the fire in Big Bear mountain. The worst part was a police officer coming to the evacuation center to tell us our neighborhood didn't make it. Worst feeling in my life. In the morning, my brother drove up to where we live to see all the houses fine. To this day I'm still mad at the officer

That would have given me a heart attack! I was fairly sure my area was safe, at least, although I never could tell from any of the news reports while I was away.

 

[stranger]

That would have given me a heart attack! I was fairly sure my area was safe, at least, although I never could tell from any of the news reports while I was away.

When watching the news, I never knew which city they were in...all I remember seeing was fire. Crazy, how there was 4 or 5 large fires going on at the same time. San Diego was actually my choice of evacuation, but we know what happened there.
Does your heart jump when you smell smoke? Mine does.

 

[xfkirsten]

When watching the news, I never knew which city they were in...all I remember seeing was fire. Crazy, how there was 4 or 5 large fires going on at the same time. San Diego was actually my choice of evacuation, but we know what happened there.
Does your heart jump when you smell smoke? Mine does.

Definitely! It doesn't help that the guy in the apartment below mine uses an outdoor grill a lot, and that smell will waft up here. Two years ago, I wouldn't have thought anything of it, but now it really makes me stop.

One of my friends lives a bit east, and I ran into her by accident the day that the fire really broke out here. Her home was right in the line of fire, and all her pets were still inside, so I raced back there with her to help her get them all out. It was a very, VERY humbling experience to be driving 110 mph down the freeway (we were the only people headed towards the fire, go figure! :lol: ) and look up at the hillsides along the road and see a wall of fire, miles and miles in either direction, on both sides of the freeway.

I actually grabbed my video camera that morning as I left my apartment. I got a little footage of the sky and the falling ash at my place when the fire was still a long ways off. I took it with me to Qualcomm Stadium, where I went for a few hours until I could find a place to stay, and have video of the massive evacuation center there. I went out the next morning at my friend's place in Imperial Beach and get footage, too. That sky... I'll never forget it. Eerie.

 

[stranger]

I worried about people's pets because during evacuation they don't give people enough time to gather their things and find their pets (at least not for us). Good thing you went to help your friend out.
I took pictures too, but they all came out orange (of course it would :lol: ). The morning the fire went out of control, I was on my way to work on the freeway. Near my house the sky was clear, but once I hit the freeway I entered a dark wall of smoke...all of a sudden a burst of flames went across the freeway (because of the winds). I had to swerve to not hit any cars. That was scary.

My brother and I sent In-n-Out gift certificates to our local fire department as a thank you for working their butts off to save our homes.

 

[LadyDarling]

At least we all made it out okay! I won't ever forget that footage on TV... it looked like the neighborhoods were being shot in black and white....and then you realize that that is color...All that was left was ash and soot. Scary.

 

[stranger]

At least we all made it out okay! I won't ever forget that footage on TV... it looked like the neighborhoods were being shot in black and white....and then you realize that that is color...All that was left was ash and soot. Scary.

It took me days to clean the ash out of my house and car...ah, but months later, I would still find ash around the house. :lol:

 

[xfkirsten]

Yes! After things started to get back to normal, I drove to the car wash to get the ash off before it ate the paint... it was a 45 min wait just to get a car wash!! Plus, my A/C and heater were blowing ash at me for weeks afterward.

 

[stranger]

Yes! After things started to get back to normal, I drove to the car wash to get the ash off before it ate the paint... it was a 45 min wait just to get a car wash!! Plus, my A/C and heater were blowing ash at me for weeks afterward.

Same here. I remember, the day night of the evacuation I had on a white top and by the time I returned home it was a dark gray..go figure (and oh yes, there were no showers at the evacuation center and I we were in closed quarters...not good at all :lookaroun ).