Many of you have probably heard about the wildfires in California. I am lucky and am not near enough to be in fire danger and none of my immediate family are either. The Camp Fire has destroyed the city of Paradise. That fire is about a 3 hour drive north of me. The Woolsey Fire is in Southern California (south of me) and has destroyed a lot of Malibu and nearby areas. You can see pictures and read about them in the link.

My area has terrible air quality because the smoke came our way. Schools closed and nobody is supposed to be outside long without a mask. Unhealthy and inconvenient but nothing compared to what the people in Paradise are going through. My son in law’s parents are in a similar situation. Their home is sandwiched close between the Southern California fires and they were almost evacuated.

For those that know that one of my sons is a firefighter, he did not deploy to the wildfires. His station sent 7 people and he stayed to watch out for the home fires.

Good news: rain expected Wednesday!