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27 lines
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title: 'Grand Prix'
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date: '2003-10-26T11:53:31-05:00'
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permalink: /grand-prix/
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- life
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Here are words I hope never to have to say again: I have packed my [emergency evacuation kit](http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203%257E24653%257E1725112,00.html), and can be ready to get out of the house in ten minutes or less.
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Updates since last night:
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–The Grand Prix fire, which began north of Rancho Cucamonga, and the Old fire, near San Bernadino, have merged into one 35-mile wall of fire, after one or the other managed to jump an eight-lane freeway.
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–50 homes in the northern part of Claremont (Padua Hills and Claraboya) have burned.
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–That part of Claremont north of Baseline Road is under mandatory evacuation.
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–The fire has thus far cost over $6 million to fight, not including the cost of the damage that it has done.
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–Both the Grand Prix and the Old fires are believed to be the result of arson.
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I’m not expecting to be evacuated, but I’m ready if I need to be. I’ve got the laptop, and will hope to keep you posted.
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\[UPDATE, 10.26.03, 1.15 pm: I adore my institution, and I do think we’re relatively safe here, but [this](http://www.pomona.edu/emergency/home.shtml) strikes me as recklessly optimistic.\]
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