Fire BAD

The trouble with living relatively close to a foresty-type area is that sometimes things like this happen. This one is a biggie. Apparently, it originally started from a lightning strike Friday afternoon. It burned 400 or so acres, and was thought to be out. Yesterday afternoon it flared up. It's hard to get any information because the people who know about the fire are the ones who are fighting, and they've got better things to do than keep the media posted.

What I do know is that the fire has now burned somewhere around 800-1000 acres beyond what it had Friday, and all of the residences on the mountain itself have been evacuated. They've also evacuated several subdivisions on the southern edge of town.

Today's weather forecast calls for hot temperatures and possible wind gusts up to 45 mph. Not what one would consider good firefighting weather.

Our house is 6 or 7 miles away from the mess right now, but I have two friends whose houses are currently in trouble. Let's hope they get this thing contained soon, and that the firefighters stay safe.