Thanks everyone.
Still no evac plans for our town. Heavy smoke in the air here
Good news is containment is starting, up to 26% from 3% yesterday.
Wine country is getting the worst of it as is the Town of Santa Rosa there are smaller towns I believe that have been wiped out. I get tomorrow off from work so I'll be trimming my side yard back from my neighbors overhanging trees, and other winter prep of gutter cleaning
and leaves(combustables will get raked up and put into the greenwaste canisters.) The most frustrating is getting news of the smaller fire that threatens our city, as the scale of the other fires are massive and the center of focus for now. My Ham radio network is still manning various communication centers around this area. so so far good news, but they also feel in the dark about what is going on nearby. So many people Homeless now.
Bob- The smoke 30 miles south coming into the hospital is a real problem for our babies, we are now running air scrubbers throughout our hospitals. So sad to have folks delivering babies and starting their new families homeless. One patient came in and asked for a gown so she could keep her only set of clothes left clean.
My worries are minor compared to people who have true lost everything.

Cal Fire has been running non stop since this started, with out breaks for crews for up to 4 days until their relief arrived. 4 years of continuous drought followed by a very wet winter, and now 150 days without rain, has lead to massive fuel for fires.

Firebird77clone- -the issue with fire control is complexed. In the past we had multiple resources in remote sites (think bull dosers, back hoes, etc.) that the forest service used to manage logging and state, blm, federal multiuse areas. Over the last few decades they no longer have active logging or off road trail maintenance like they used too. So when a fire flares up, getting heavy machinery on site can take days for some of these remote locations, as a result we aren't able to rapidly suppress fires and contain them. Add to that an over taxed area, people struggling to even pay rent, and school systems that are getting worse due to lack of funding, and it only makes it worse. Politicians wanting money for whatever is forfront in the media, have to cut budgets, cal fire took big hits as well as the federal hits to the forest service. Now factor in freak low moisture windstorms in the middle of the night and this is how we end up with fires. We also have huge open space areas that are very remote that are haard to maintain.
I know and agree that the liberal rhetoric here is frustrating, but for now I think you need to be aware that very conservative stated like Idaho and Montana have similar fires years due to the nature of the large open spaces and dry areas. In times like this is is incredible to see people from all over uniting to help and volunteer, reguardless of their political beliefs. Natural disasters seem to be plaguing the whole country right now Weather problem related disasters seem to be intensifying. The last major fire in this area I believe was 1964, under very similar weather conditions
In all thank you all for your concerns, we have several members on this site that have been evacuated from their citys Fauxrarri in Fairfield may have been evac'd yesterday, Volksrod I believe live s in Santa Rosa, and many others that I will send my thoughts and prayers out too.
Stay safe folks the US could use a break from disaster right about now!