Hopefully the worst of this has passed with diminishing wind gusts tonight. However, we now have to turn our attention to Orange County and pray that San Diego is spared this time. The current Santa Ana wind condition is erratic and unpredictable. Wind gusts are carrying burning embers across valleys, freeways, and homes. Please be [...]
Blowing west over our house just after sunrise. No danger here whatsoever, but this gives a sense of the power of this fire — to have the smoke this black and dense from a fire 35 miles away is simply mindboggling. Keep Donna (SoCalMom) in your thoughts as her family evacuates this afternoon.
Either this is smoke blowing northwest from Sayre Fire or there’s something else on fire in Malibu. Here we are on the map. Winds are strong and blowing NNW. Watch CrisisWire for updates.