Fire Update

That picture is the sunrise view from our driveway this morning. The smoke has finally come this way. We've been lucky up till now because the winds have been blowing the smoke towards the ocean and there's been mountains and hills separating them from us. But last night, the winds died down(good news for the fires) and came over the hills. Ian saw one of them last night on his way home. (Yes! He's home! He came home early.)

As far as the firefighters' progress, the fires are still raging. The biggest fire (The Witch Creek Fire) is only one percent contained and last night it merged with another fire. There was one small fire in Temecula, about 2 miles south of us, yesterday. That gave us a scare! But it's completely gone, no worries. We almost housed some evacuees last night, but they wanted to be closer to their friends who'd lost their home.

So, really no good news. A few of the fires have been 10% contained, but they're still burning. We're still safe, and still very very grateful.