[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

That's partially due to the philosophical difference imparted at one point by Franklin's American frontier mentality...now known as the Rurban-suburban interface. A Cal Fire chief lives on my street in Napa and the Napa Sonoma hills-Mayacamas mountains are just two blocks over and will burn in their turn when the conditions are right- of that there is no doubt. Small, spread-out and interlocking mutual support is the modus operendi for wind-swept dry manzaninta, second growth redwood and large propane tank fueled infernos.

And lo it came to pass: Currently the Lake fire is 5% contained and has destroyed 400 homes and much of Middletown (Evacuated)and 61,000 acres. The contained Rocky Fire burned 61,000 acres; the Jerusalem fire, also 100% contained burned 25,000 acres.

Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection confirmed one fatality in the wildfire north of San Francisco that raced through dry brush and exploded in size within hours. Officials also counted 400 homes, two apartment complexes and 10 businesses destroyed by the flames,

This part of my work related territory and saddens me greatly
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-flee-2-fast-moving-california-wildfires-063329864.html# A map overlay of the awful situation:https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zp8nK_5H0MFQ.kzTmU5XK-qJQ