Quick update… I’m in this blessed tiny little protected pocket. Just one little circle of blue sky and relatively little smoke - but sometimes it’s still hard to breathe. My family stayed last night and now extended family that just got evacuated from new danger areas are staying with me too.

It’s getting pretty crowded here, but I’m so happy I can provide a safe haven. We’re helping to open one of our local churches to turn into evacuation center. Then I’m going to Costco to buy a bunch of food and supplies to donate to all the displaced victims, then we are all going over to volunteer.

The Witch fire, the one closest to us blew west almost to the coast, BUT now is starting to blow back this way and double back on itself. The wind is picking up again and is supposed to remain high all day. Power transformers are still blowing all over so I could still lose power or Internet. So wanted to give a quick update while I can. So I’ll be back in touch when I can.