Geoffrey's Consulting Practices:

The ComputerSmith.com

Money4nature.com

Fire

The Cedar, Otay and Paradise fires of 2003 changed our lives in many ways.  Here are some ways....

The information below was posted on our home page in the wake of the fires, as our entire lives were transformed by the changes brought about in the community

Dear Friends Who Have Lost Their Homes:
Fred Sproul, Mussey Grade Rd
Ramona Grasslands
James and Anne Hubbell - House,  Master Bedroom, most of Studio gone, Wynola
Artist, Sculptor, Visionary
Two students in Camille's 3rd Grade Class, 53 students at her school campus total, Valley Center and Rincon Reservation One of Geoffrey's USD Classmates
Brian Mooney, Scripps Ranch Faye McQueen - creator of our Hubbell wedding rings
Richard Carrico, Scripps Ranch Kathie Satterfield, Julian
Past-President, San Diego Audubon
Nola Lamken
San Diego Audubon's Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary, Wildcat Canyon
Lori Cleghorn
San Diego Audubon's Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary, Wildcat Canyon
Phil Lambert
San Diego Audubon's Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary, Wildcat Canyon
Paula Eisenhart, M.D.
Family Physician to Geoffrey, sister Kim and Mother Smith
Pamela Underwood
Artist and Studio, Poway
 over 3,000 more ...
Some Scenes from our north Mira Mesa Home:
Oct 26, 7:50 am.  Wetting slope Oct 26, 6:34 am.  View towards Scripps Ranch, to the SE
Oct 26, 6:30 am.  The Sky Oct 26, 6:40 am.  View towards Scripps Ranch, to the SE
Oct 26, 11:35 am.  Mercy Road, I-15, Mt. Woodson obscured by smoke Oct 26, 1:30 pm.  Same view
Oct 26, 3:30 pm.  Same view Monday, Oct 27, 4:50 am
Oct 27, 8:10 am Oct 27, 8:18 am.  Black Mountain, Rancho Peñasquitos.  Smoke from Valley Center fire visible to right of peak.
Oct 27, 12:48 pm Oct 27, 8:16 am.  The Sun, a ball of fire in the sky.
Camille keeping watch. Oct 28, 8:08 am.  Camille looking to the east.  Visibility less than 1 mile.
Oct 28, 1:45 pm.  Visibility <1 mile.  Difficult to breathe.  Would be difficult to detect a LOCAL fire in the canyon, because smoke is everywhere.  A borate bomber just flew over, east-bound.

Above: Detailed Fire Map, Date: November 1 (click thumbnail to expand)
Source: www.signonsandiego.com 

Click here for San Diego Fire Facts

Fire recovery efforts with which Geoffrey is involved:

www.sdfirerecovery.net - San Diego Fire Recovery Network (Geoffrey manages forums and the volunteer page on this site)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SanDiegoFireRecovery/ - Email discussion forum to support the work of the science and resource-based recovery efforts (Geoffrey manages this site)

Maps:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/fires/images/031028fierypaths.html

Live WebCams:

http://www.sundiegolive.com/ - City of San Diego from Shelter Island
http://www.destinationwebcam.com/DWCportal_2/CCDCportal3.htm -- Various locations downtown
http://www.bahiahotel.com/bah-webcam.html -- Mission Bay
http://home.san.rr.com/swoolley/ -- a whole bunch of WebCams...
http://www.obhotel.com/webcam.html -- Ocean Beach

Other Fire Links:

http://sandiego.indymedia.org - Independent Media Center.  Good discussion links drought to global warning

Boob Tube and Media Links:

www.fox6.com/ - Fox 6
www.kfmb.com -- CBS 8
www.kgtv.com -- ABC 10
www.knsd.com -- NBC 7
www.kusi.com  -- independent 9 (very good)
www.kswbtv.com -- Warner Bros 5
www.signonsandiego.com - Union-Tribune newspaper