i'm in ur chaparral, burnin ur countreeside

[genchaos]

For those who've been under a rock since Sunday, monster Santa Ana winds and next to no humidity have caused a perfect storm of conditions to make most of Southern California go up in flames. Had one hell of an uneasy night Sunday night, which lead to me being dead tired Monday. I'm not used to this kind of crap. The Santiago Canyon fire mad me

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[cfchica]

this is surreal...I just got off the phone with a friend who said "this is what hell must look like".
The loaves and I have been hunkered down all day; the only time I was ventured out was this morning for yet another job interview; spent most of it trying not to rub a seriously irritated/fucked-up right eye.
We're holding steady here, but I'm worried for a friend of mine who lives in Foothill Ranch, and one of my old workplaces is there as well. I used to commute down to S.D. every Sunday to work with a marathon coach. She and a lot of my teammates from that program live(or lived) in Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, etc. All of those communities are gone...500,000 people have been evacuated.

Just...unvbeliavable...
Scritch the loaves for me...mine have had those Devilwind sneezes for the past two days...

[genchaos]

Crud. My thoughts with them. I hope they can do something about the situation down there.

We've got the windows closed, the humidifier on, and our Ionic Breezes cranked, so our loaves are currently imitating death on the bed as usual. Other than that, not much to report.

But after spending time out in Garden yesterday morning (those registers got closed early too, surprise surprise), I can understand why people here call them the devil winds. Massive, hot, dry gusts... soot in the air, yuch.

[cfchica]

I'm trying to remember if we've had anything worse than this, and aside from the '93 Laguna Beach firestorm, I'm hard-pressed to recall anything worse than this in terms of weather/fire, etc. It's just bad.

Albert is passed out cold on my "grab and go" duffle bag. Very restless and sleepless night last night; heard lots of firetrucks rumbling down the street, just cruisin'. Got maybe three hours of sleep, but was pleasantly surprised to wake up this morning and find that the sky in my area was no longer orange/black. El Toro High is now a Red Cross shelter, and they are expecting evacuees from S.D. county.

I'm glad you are all doing well..it's a good thing when loaves Play Dead...means they feel safe and content..=) Their capacity to hang loose when the world is falling apart is amazing...

[genchaos]

I don't know what the situation is there now. I do know that as of this evening it looks like the wind's shifted and it's far less foul-smelling in my neck of the woods and cooler to boot. Hopefully this'll help the firefighters to mop up the mess.

I think my area's out of danger. My best wishes to your family and especially your grandfather-- it's been rough. :/