Sunday Morning Update

 The update as of this morning is encouraging. Here's what the incident command has to say:

Firefighters are aggressively taking suppression action on the CZU Lightning Complex. The fire continues to burn in Southern San Mateo County and Northern Santa Cruz County. The fires continue to actively burn above the marine layer in the heavy timber and thick undergrowth. Several communities have been evacuated, please refer to the list of Evacuation Centers at the bottom of this update. Fire activity may dictate more evacuations and road closures in the days to come. Continued hot and dry weather is forecasted for the remainder of the weekend and into next week. Projected weather for today includes a fire weather watch through Tuesday for dry lightning and dangerous outflow winds. 

Firefighting resources are limited due to the number of fires burning throughout California. Limited visibility due to smoke is hampering aircraft operations.  Approximately 77,000 people have been evacuated.

Still in the Hot Seat

There are "dry lightning" storms predicted for tonight with a Red Flag weather warning and gusty winds, which could change everything in a heartbeat. It was exactly the dry lightning storm that started all these little fires that created bigger fires.

The fact remains that 71,000 acres are on fire just a few miles away, and while 8% containment is pretty good progress, it's still 92% uncontained (non-contained?), if you want to look at the glass being 92% empty.

The evacuation orders are holding steady and so far only apply to the other side of Skyline — which is only about 300 yards away, so we're next.

I remain optimistic, but cautious. Tonight's storms will be the kicker.