The Fire

I suppose everyone knows that Sonoma County is being ravaged by a group of fires that started Sunday night with a 70 MPH wind. This is the worst fire in the county's history. It had never occurred to me that you could have a wildfire in a settled city, but something like that is happening. Whole city neighborhoods we bike through are gone. To date the apartment complex where Susan and I live has been spared, but nearly everyone has left and the wind is rising. I threw some paintings and pillows and clothes in my van. We are lucky--we have places we can go.