To preempt some people: these are described as "wine country fires," but don't think that this means it's primarily affecting wealthy wine producers who haven't known hardship for decades. Some of the towns affected include many lower-income people who just took a huge hit and may not bounce back any time soon.
Some humor in an otherwise dismal situation:
I didn't even know something like this was possible in this day and age
that is nuts. I mean I expect a few homes buried in the middle of the woods to be burned in a brush fire, but not whole neighborhoods that look like they're surrounded by safe asphalt.
that is nuts. I mean I expect a few homes buried in the middle of the woods to be burned in a brush fire, but not whole neighborhoods that look like they're surrounded by safe asphalt.
It looks like a war zone. How do you win a war against mother nature?
I went surfing today in OC and the whole beach smelled like wood BBQ from the fires in anaheim. It was actually kinda gross after about an hr (the air)