Seeing all the devastation caused by the wildfires got me wondering about the members, and their Guilds, in the area. Hope they escape the scorched earth most likely importantly,and, secondly, that their Guilds survive.
I saw a report that Charles Schultz's home was destroyed, along with, I'm sure, much priceless Peanuts artifacts.
That was on news this AM, with a comforting note that actually most of the "good stuff" is in a museum and safe.
What GAD and Chazmo said about air quality is true, and there're hazardous air quality alerts expected though the weekend even down here (Santa Clara where GAD's at), 50 miles away with the SF Bay in between.
This morning I talked to a customer up in the area who reported a constant fine ash fall coating everything.
Said they even evacuated a hospital not because it was endangered but because the air was too bad.
This is a semi-arid region as it is, and we've got a high percentage of trees over-stressed from years of drought combined with a bumper crop of tinder grasses and brush growth from the record rainfall winter that finally broke the drought.
A '"perfect storm" of circumstances, and 2 different kinds in the same year. (Floods from rains in the early spring)
Anybody remember the final scene from THX-1138, when they finally break out from underground to that deep red sun obscured by smoke?
That's exactly how it's been 4 nights running even 30 miles south here in Fremont where I work, but especially Wednesday.
I can only recall a couple of guys who posted about living right in the area over the years, but my heart goes out to everybody up there.