by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Two more bodies were found in a home in Poway, bringing the current official tally to three, but many more undocumented immigrants are feared dead in the canyons near the border. Over 620 square mileshave burned, or roughly half the size or Rhode Island. About 1500 residences have been destroyed in San Diego County alone. And, amazingly, more people have been evacuated from these fires than from the Katrina disaster. This is truly one of our country's most major disasters.  All that being said, the County of San Diego has already received its first request for a building permit to replace a destroyed home.

However, the actual work of controlling the fire will take some time yet. Over 5,000 firefighters are now fighting the blazes, yet