Southern CA and wild fires

[minnie4me]

I am so sorry to hear again about all the recent fire problems in the area. We are thinking of a DL/southern CA trip early next summer, are there any problems with hotels?
I do not want the fire problems to be a deterrent to our coming to CA, but it is a little nerve racking...
We are thinking of DL and maybe the Carlsbad or San Diego areas...were there many problems in either area?
Thanks for the input....

 

[StageTek]

The fires are all out now. They will not affect your trip early next summer.

 

[minnie4me]

I certainly know the most recent fires are under control, my concern is the vast number that seem to have popped up over the last year. Is early to mid-June a fire prone time of year?

 

[StageTek]

Unlike a hurricane season, California doesn't have a fire season.
Fires happen in all seasons because their origin is different. Mid-June
is no more or less fire prone than November.

You will be fine at DL and in the Carlsbad or San Diego areas during
June 2009.

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

June is a humid month along the coast of California. They even have a name for it "June Gloom" - but it tends to burn off (no pun intended) by noon along the coast and your temps will be in the mid-seventies.

Enjoy.

 

[jessica52877]

We went to DL 2x this year, May and October and both times fires were burning.

 

[KaylieXX]

The fires were so crazy this year. Only good thing about them were the school closures they caused.

 

[KimAshton]

A word of advice if there are fires near where you are be very careful. Stupid me didn't realize when I was going to visit a friend that there was a fire on the side of the highway and they didn't close the highway yet. I saw it and turned around and had to drive right through it. Scared the daylights out of me. You just have to be careful.

 

[jasperess]

I live in San Diego and was here for the fires that wrecked a lot of acres in San Diego County last year. I wouldn't worry about not coming to California because of fires - most of the times, they occur in grassy areas, which generally tend to be in the less populated areas. In very built up areas like Los Angeles and a lot of San Diego, if there are a lot of buildings the fire cannot spread very rapidly and can be extinguished easier. Oh, and you really don't have to worry about getting caught in it - you'll have plenty of notice if one occurs and can leave as needed no problem. But again, don't let this change your plans for a vacation - it's fairly common, but rarely are they big and unstoppable, and even then, the most heavily populated areas are rarely affected.

 

[lizziegirl450]

If you aren't going to be anywhere near grassy hills, then you have nothing to worry about. If I remember correctly - then the Anaheim area doesn't have much hills, let alone grassy ones with enough space for a wild fire.
The only thing you'll really have to worry about would be the smoke, if there happens to be a fire, and a mask would work fine with that. But, it still wouldn't be very healthy to be outside if there's smoke and ash in the air.
But don't let the risk of a fire ruin your vacation. It's a slim chance that there'll be one when you're in So. Cali, let alone that it'll affect you.