From what I've gathered they were already planning to move people out of Qualcomm regardless of whether or not there was to be a game played. The Chargers are just taking advantage of the opportunity rather than leaving to play in Texas while Qualcomm is left unused.
SFValley_Dude, I understand that this is very close to the bone for you. I can certainly see how it seems inappropriate, even outrageous, that life should go on in a somewhat normal fashion while your world is all upside down. At the same time, however, I think it's fair to point out that life rarely grinds to a complete halt in the case of a disaster. This is particularly true of business: I used to work in IT, which is one of the many jobs where you get involved in making disaster recovery plans. The number one focus of such plans is avoiding deaths and direct losses from the disaster, but running a close second is the task of contingency planning and business continuation. "How quickly can we be back up and running?" is always one of the most important questions to a business confronted by a disaster. The Chargers are a business, not a relief agency -- that they would want to get their operation back on a normal footing ASAP is to be expected. It sounds like they will be able to do so, so why should they not? The 400 people left in the stadium are living out of suitcases as it is, it's not like you're going to be worsening their situation by consolidating them with another group of evacuees into one facility. Sure, a football game is not the most important thing right now, but if playing this football game isn't going to cause any problems, then why not play it?
There is smoke everywhere here in LA. I'm presently in the central Nevada desert about 200 miles north of Las Vegas, and our visibility was severely limited on Friday by the smoke from the fires. It was hard to believe that the smoke could travel that far, especially over the Sierras. I've been in the LA basin when the Santa Ana winds start blowing. It's scary watching the hills start to burn, but life does go on, as l_b_b points out. I hope that the victims are able to put their lives back together and move on.
