With Power Out, Couple Couldn’t Evacuate in Lilac Fire
December 11, 2017 by admin
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A couple whose home was in the path of the Lilac Fire when it erupted near Bonsall Thursday morning said they couldn’t evacuate when the fire approached because the power was out.
It was Thursday morning and the Millers had been watching the news from their home on West Lilac Road, where images on the screen showed acres of land being engulfed by a wildfire that ignited near Interstate 15 and State Route 76.
That afternoon the power went out, but the Millers didn’t know it.
The Lilac Fire began to spread west and that’s when flames began to creep over the mountainside near the Millers’ property.
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A woman tried to save her house from the Lilac wildfire, but decided safety is the number one priority. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports.
(Published Friday, Dec. 8, 2017)
“My wife noticed some flames on the lot directly behind us,” Ed Miller said.
San Diego Gas Electric had shut off the power to the area around noon Thursday, which is customary during weather emergency situations like the Lilac Fire.
But without phone service, the Millers were not able to receive the Reverse 9-1-1 call ordering them to evacuate.
Flames rushed through their neighbor’s yard towards the perimeter of their home. Miller went on offense — he grabbed a garden hose and ran towards the fire.
“I was climbing the hill to get up to the fence, our fence, and that fire that [my wife] had noticed in the lot had moved all the way to that fence,” Miller said.
The Millers were one of about 17,000 customers across the county left in the dark Thursday afternoon, as SDGE turned off power amid dangerous gusty winds that could knock over power lines sparking additional fires.
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About 9,400 SDGE customers remained without power Friday evening, according to San Diego County officials. SDGE said it would continue to restore power to homes, but some homes, especially in the area of the Lilac Fire, could be without electricity for several more days as dangerous weather conditions persisted.
County Supervisor Dianne Jacob criticized SDGE’s decision to cut power from homes in the path of the wildfire, preventing residents from accessing well water and firefighters from accessing water sources.
“You can’t get the well water without electricity, so that could pose an additional danger,” Jacob said at a press conference Friday. “I hope SDGE knows what they’re doing. I don’t have a lot of confidence in that, but let’s hope.”
The utility company called Jacob’s comments “insulting.”
“We’re deeply disappointed by Supervisor Jacob’s comments. (They are) insulting to our hard-working men and women, who are dedicated to delivering safe and reliable energy,” a company spokesperson told NBC 7.
The Millers’ home was luckily spared, scorching the side of his gate but never crossing onto their property.
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The Lilac Fire that destroyed homes and forced thousands of evacuations in San Diego’s North County is now 20 percent contained, and holding at 4,100 acres. NBC 7′s Nicole Gomez shares the latest updates.
(Published Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017)
But the remnants of an uncontrollable blaze can be seen less than a block away, where a neighbor’s home was scorched to the ground. About five or six homes in their neighborhood were destroyed, according to NBC 7 news crews.
The Millers decided not to go to an evacuation center amid the power outage. They wanted to stay near their property just in case another evacuation order is issued and they were not allowed to return to gather belongings.
In the meantime, the couple is trying to make the most of it, setting a few candles around their house and using the BBQ to cook food.
They hope they will have power within the next few days.
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Baker Mayfield becomes sixth OU player to capture Heisman Trophy
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Since the NCAA began allowing athletic scholarships in 1950, no player to win the Heisman Trophy had started his career as a walk-on.
Baker Mayfield changed that Saturday night.
Mayfield, the Oklahoma quarterback whose storybook saga began with him walking on at Texas Tech, captured the 83rd Heisman in a landslide victory.
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Baker Mayfield, the former walk-on who became a star QB at Oklahoma and led his team to the College Football Playoff, captured the Heisman Trophy. “It’s a dream right now,” he said.
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Baker Mayfield, the Heisman front-runner, has been infuriating and iconic. Even his opponents, who should despise him, can’t help but respect and be in awe of the OU QB.
Mayfield collected 732 first-place votes and 2,398 points in the voting totals. Stanford running back Bryce Love was second with 1,300 points (75 first-place votes). Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, last year’s Heisman winner, was third with 793 (47).
Mayfield yielded the third-highest percentage of possible points received (86 percent) since 1950, behind only Ohio State’s Troy Smith (2006) and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota (2014).
Mayfield became the first senior to win the Heisman since Smith in 2006. Earlier in the week, he won the Davey O’Brien (best quarterback) and Maxwell (player of the year) awards. The Associated Press and Walter Camp also both named him their player of the year.
“This is unbelievable for me, being up here among these greats,” Mayfield said upon receiving the award with past Heisman winners standing behind him. “It’s something that words can’t even describe. God has put me in this position that I’m so blessed, and a lot of times I wonder why. But it’s such an honor to be up here. It’s unbelievable.”
Mayfield has put together one of the most impressive individual offensive seasons in the game’s history and, in the process, led Oklahoma to the College Football Playoff for the second time in three years. The Sooners will open the playoff against Georgia in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Mayfield has completed 71 percent of his passes and thrown for 4,340 yards and 41 touchdowns with only five interceptions. He is averaging 11.8 yards per passing attempt, which would shatter the FBS record that he set last season.
With Mayfield running the show, the Sooners have posted the highest offensive efficiency rating since ESPN began tracking the metric in 2005. Since Mayfield took over as Oklahoma’s starting quarterback in 2015, the Sooners have led the FBS in points per game, offensive touchdowns, yards per game and yards per play the past three seasons.
This season, Mayfield became the 10th player in FBS history to throw for 14,000 yards in a career. He is the first of those to rush for 1,000 yards as well. He also moved ahead of former Oklahoma quarterback and Heisman winner Sam Bradford for the FBS record for career passing efficiency.
Mayfield became just the fifth player — and joined Georgia’s Herschel Walker as only the second in 68 years — to finish in the top four of the Heisman voting three times. The other three to do so, SMU’s Doak Walker, Army’s Glenn Davis and Army’s Doc Blanchard, achieved the feat during the 1940s. Before Mayfield, Blanchard was the only Heisman winner to transfer from one FBS-level program to another. Blanchard played at North Carolina before joining Army.
Mayfield gave Oklahoma its sixth Heisman winner, which moves the Sooners into a tie with USC for the third-most all-time (not including Reggie Bush’s vacated 2005 Heisman). Alongside Heisman winners Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, Jason White and Bradford, Oklahoma will soon erect a statue of Mayfield in its Heisman Park, which sits just to the east of Oklahoma’s Memorial Stadium.
“It’s been a dream come true to play at OU,” Mayfield said. “Although I grew up in Austin, Texas, I was always Sooner-born and Sooner-bred. And you know, they say, ‘When I die, I’ll be Sooner-dead,’ and I truly mean that. It’s been a dream for me. And it’s an honor to represent my school.”
After he won the starting job as a walk-on true freshman at Texas Tech, Mayfield bolted for Oklahoma. He showed up in Norman in 2014 without an invitation from then-coach Bob Stoops, much less the promise of a scholarship. But Mayfield grew up a Sooner fan living in Austin, Texas, and wanted to see if he could make it at his “dream school.”
Then, after sitting out the first season as an ineligible transfer, Mayfield beat incumbent Trevor Knight for the starting job. In 2015, he led Oklahoma to the playoff on his way to posting a 34-5 career record with the Sooners.
“There’s a lot of people who put effort into this. Coach Stoops, you welcomed a chubby, unathletic kid into the program with open arms,” Mayfield said. “I wouldn’t say that many would do that, but thank you.”
Mayfield’s Heisman season, however, didn’t come without obstacles and controversy that he mostly created for himself and had to overcome.
In the early morning of Feb. 25, Mayfield was arrested in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on chargers of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and fleeing. A month later, police released dash-cam video of Mayfield attempting to run away from the scene before officers tackled him into a wall. Mayfield agreed to a plea deal that eliminated the resisting arrest charge. After Oklahoma’s first spring practice, he spoke publicly for almost a half-hour, noting that he realized he had “let down” many people.
Twice during the season, Mayfield’s on-field antics stirred up controversy as well.
Following one of the biggest wins of his career, a 31-16 victory over Ohio State on Sept. 9, Mayfield planted an Oklahoma flag at midfield of Ohio Stadium. Two days later, he apologized, saying he “didn’t mean for it to be disrespectful.”
Mayfield also apologized after grabbing his crotch and cursing at the Kansas sideline on Nov. 18. In turn, coach Lincoln Riley suspended Mayfield from starting the final home game of his career and temporarily stripped him of his captain status. But after he sat out the first series, Mayfield passed for three touchdowns in the victory over West Virginia.
The following week, he passed for another four scores to propel the Sooners past TCU in the Big 12 championship game, which effectively punched Oklahoma’s ticket to the playoff — and clinched the Heisman for Mayfield.
Mayfield said Saturday night that Riley’s hiring in June “changed my life.”
“Coach Riley, you’ve been a great mentor to me,” Mayfield said. “We’ve been through a lot together, so I appreciate you.”