Not a good day at Sears Point

[Chuck Miller]

My God...............

[DOUGS73E]

Recipe for a California October firestorm disaster:
- Very low humidity
- Very high winds
- Ignition source

[Longballa]

My Aunt's home is gone. Burned to the foundation. Was our family Thanksgiving meeting place for decades. Unreal.

[Unobtanium-inc]

The owner of this 914 said he had five lug FUCHS on there, they just evaporated.

[Bill Simmeth]

Recipe for a California October firestorm disaster:
- Very low humidity
- Very high winds
- Ignition source

Add to that last winter's unusually heavy rain that brought welcomed drought relief and spawned the super blooms everyone loved to view in the Spring. All that extra growth is now dried out and helping fuel the fires.

[72targa]

I hope to see racing at Sears Point again very soon...

For now, "The raceway is opening its 50-acre campground Tuesday afternoon to evacuees from the several wildfires currently burning in the North Bay."...

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...e-sears-point/

[Haasman]

And now there is a weather service red flag warning of increased winds through out the area. The potential for further expansion of fires is huge.

This is the peak of the wine harvest and processing time.

According to local news there were 17 separate fires. Fire arson investigation can't begin because of the over-stretched personnel resources.

Although wine country is notable, there are many other areas and communities such as Santa Rosa that have been burned.

As a local news anchor said "I hate to say this, but it looks like it is going to get worse, maybe a lot worse in the next 24 to 48 hours".

We live south of SF. For several days the skies have had a yellow haze with the smell of smoke in the air.

[Jim Breazeale]

I just got some really good news. One of my good friends had to abandon his beautiful home/vineyard in rural Napa. He was sure that he would never see his place again as the fire was advancing on his property. It turns out that the Wooden Valley Volunteer Fire dept decided to defend his property and were successful in turning back the flames. He and his wife are a pair of the lucky ones. Thousands of others weren't so lucky.

Regards

Jim

[911+1]

Thanks Jim.
Nice to hear some good news.