Fired

 I'm firing up this blog because there is a wildfire near us and already I can't keep up with all the friends and family who genuinely care and want to know what's happening.

As of this [initial] post, there is a big wildfire (called CZU August Lightning or something ridiculous) that is burning on the west side of the ridge of mountains where we live. It has grown rapidly from several small fires that have now joined, and there are 57,000 acres burned, and it is 2% contained as of now.

We are 8 miles from the fire, which is both a lot, and not very much, depending on which way the wind is blowing. So far it has been blowing away from us, which is good.

In the map below, the darker red is the actual fire, and the lighter red is the evacuation zone. We may have to evacuate within hours, or days, or not at all. Hard to tell.