We had this fire...
Isn't that how it usually happens? You begin some new adventure and all hell breaks loose. Barely a week into the launch of SignOn Radio for the Union-Tribune newspaper, and the entire county of San Diego catches fire. It has been an unforgettable experience.
Monday morning at 4:30, Linda and I were awakened by sirens outside our front door followed by a loudspeaker announcement ordering in all residents of San Elijo Hills to evacuate the area. It was a mandatory evacuation.
The immediate concern was, "what do we take"? As it turned out, we didn't have time to grab much. I would do it differently now, but hope that we never again are faced with the same dilemma. For us, the "all clear" came Monday evening and we returned to our home feeling mighty lucky. We knew that others had not been so fortunate.
Linda went to work with me and spent the day camped out with the SignOn crew as we broadcast the San Diego fire story to the rest of the world. The national and international response was amazing. We had calls from all over the world and the stories were compelling. Folks with family in the San Diego area were listening; also people who had lived here before and were wondering about friends and former neighbors. It was radio doing what radio used to do so well, only now it was internet radio.
San Diego 2007
As the situation slowly returns to normal, I will keep you current on how it is all going. Better yet, go to signonradio.com and hear it in real time.
In the GOOD NEWS file: The Nature Theater of Oklahoma, which was conceived and lovingly grown by Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska, was just named the "Breakout Theater Company of 2007" by New York's Village Voice.
Pavol & Kelly
All the hard work pays off!
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