I lived for about 7 years in San Diego, in the hills above the stadium which is now the major evacuation point.  I am noticing that on a few of the TV channels, especially "Geraldo" , there is almost a mood to declare victory.  I admit I have not analyzed the total impact, but think this is premature.  Either way, the local officials need to do a lot of self searching before they look ahead.

 This was not their finest hour. There was a complete breakdown in information dissemination.  People should be fired.  It is not acceptable in the age we live in for websites to go down for hours.  It is not acceptable for civilian bloggers and public television stations to have better website than the local government.  I ask: at what level of incompetence do you find this acceptable: the lack of information sharing? the lack of  new of what the road scene is doing?