Cage: I guess it just hit too close to home. Just a few days ago, at the corner of my neighborhood, I saw the hills on fire and flames shooting out, less than 3 miles from my house. I’ve had friends evacuated in another fire that came less than 1/2 mile from their home, not knowing what they’d find, if anything when they got back. A few years back, my lifelong friends and family in San Diego, sat, with their cars packed with what little they could put in them, waiting to hear that knock on the door in the middle of the night…and some did lose their homes. We had another fire less than two weeks ago, where animal control officers were out trying to stuff as many creatures as possible into their trucks, but more were lost than saved.
There are so many fires in our state right now, (over 1000) they just have to let some burn and save the ones that threaten homes. Yesterday I passed a fire engine from a county so far away that I couldn’t believe it, and that county has a huge fire in it as well. We can’t see the sky, it is hard to breathe, and we are at the beginning of the summer. Everytime I pass the CalFire station (which is often), I hope against hope that the flag isn’t at half-mast. I worry about brave people like gooch and wonder how in the heck they do it. They are fighting this in temps sometimes above 100 degrees F. so please forgive those of us that may seem a little touchy.