Fortunately the area we're in seems to be pretty safe - but my mother-in-law was evacuated from her condo yesterday down in San Diego, and my brother-in-law and his family are also near that area - so I'm hoping all is going to be OK for all of them. It's scary how fast these fires can spread - one interview said that the flames flew through one area in Simi Valley, burning the whole hillside in about 15 minutes.
Sure makes you think about things... I mean, if you had 5 minutes to pack up and go - what would you bring?
We can smell the smoke out here in the desert, but fortunately no fires so far... I hope that terrorist bullshit is just bullshit - this IS fire season in Socal, so hopefully that's all it is. It's been a very dry year. The hunter in San Diego county and the 20-year olds up in San Berdu is about all I've heard in the way of arson accusations... I sure hope that the rest are just a result of "fire season" and were not intentionally set.
