The fires in California... — Page 2

Here's hoping today brings relief.

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At the moment, there is NO wind movement at all - so hopefully, that will give them a chance to get some serious work done. The one out our way is only 5% contained, and has moved many miles in the last 36 hours

One good thing - because it moved further north and west, our friends were told this morning they could return home. But, so MANY homes have been lost between the two fires

It's supposed to be even hotter today than yesterday, and the humidity continues to basically be non-existent. I hope people take the recommendations to heart, and only go out if necessary. They NEED to have the roads as clear as possible for either emergency channels or to get people out of the way.

501 of the 600 trailers in the one park went up in minutes.

That's just one park...

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I took a few pics tonight

Amen, Little Cheese, AMEN!

Truly disgusting.

I haven't been following this from the beginning but does anyone know what started this? It may be an impossible task but there has got to be enough observation stations to nip these fires in the bud. I've been a Californian all my life and these past few years have been the worst for fires. More has to be done for creating an early warning system.

Anyway, my prayers are with all my fellow Californians to the south and lets hope that the winds die down and stay down.

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Son,

I'm glad they were able to save their house, but when you are told to evacuate, you should.

What would have happened if the water was shut off? They would have been stuck. It is amazing that they didn't lose water pressure.

It was a brave but very foolish thing to do. Things can be replaced, people can't.

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Diva, they had both cars packed and ready to go. Evacuation was never mandatory just precautionary. The whole block stayed. If they hadn't had water pressure they would have left.