Fires

Well, fire season is here, and it's here big time. They are saying this might be worse than the Cedar fire from four years ago, which started on the 27th of October, 2003. The Santa Ana winds dried the heck out of everything and the County was a tinderbox. I was in east county yesterday and the winds were unbelievable. It was like riding through a tornado. Things were blowing in three directions at once. There are gusts to 75 MPH. The fixed wing tankers cannot fly, so we are not even close to getting containment on anything. We are going to 12 on 12 off at work, so I will be pretty busy. Last time, the 12 hours turned into more like 15 hours on, 9 off. I'll keep everyone updated. I am a city dweller, so my place is not in any danger. I have a lot of friends who live in the danger zone, so my thoughts go out to them.