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Article: San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium home to 10,000 evacuees
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- University Wire
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- October 23, 2007
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Alanna Berman & Jessica Napier
University Wire
10-23-2007
(The Daily Aztec) (U-WIRE) SAN DIEGO -- Three families, seven children, four dogs and one hamster camped out in the Qualcomm Stadium parking lot Monday following a mandatory evacuation notice in the face of fires burning across San Diego county.
Caroline Joseph, a 4-S Ranch resident said she was up all night watching the fires and waiting for any news.
"Around 6:30, it was just pitch black," Joseph said. "You couldn't see anything. That was when I knew - we better start packing."
Joseph and her neighbors loaded their valuables into cars and headed to Qualcomm Stadium, which became an evacuation center at 6:30 a.m. Monday, ...