Same down in my half of the state. We had a Santa Ana for a solid week. Yesterday was the first day below 90 in at least a week. Today is good as well. But tomorrow or Thursday the Santa Ana is supposed to come back.
I hope we both remain safe.
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As do we all.
You mentioned earlier that the town 25 miles north of you has been evacuated, and 25 miles sounds a heck of a long way. But then you think that a 25 mph wind isnāt very strong, and you do have strong winds coming in, and it doesnāt actually seem that far after all.
Obviously, fire doesnāt travel anywhere near as fast as the wind, but itās still concerning.
Itās a bit too soon to become complacent, but it is looking like my area is going to be okay. Weāre in the middle of a strong wind event (not as strong as the 105 mph (169 kph) winds that we had on Sunday, but still up to 60 mph (96 kph) tonight. Because itās during the night, they donāt have the air support that they get during the day.
There are over 4500 fire fighters out there, so they should be able to hold it.
Things are complicated by the fact that large areas are without power right now. Iām so very grateful that I have had power through this whole situation.
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I have seen the speed at which a fire can move with a good wind behind it.
It is scary and horrific. Not something Iāll want to wish on somebody.
The fire grew some during the night and moved a bit closer to me, but not too much. The firefighters worked really hard last night.
Over 76,000 acres burned
15% contained
4870 firefighters deployed
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The fire is now 30% contained. Over 5000 firefighters battling.
I expect that Iāll be back at work on Monday.
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It looks like huge strides were made since yesterday. 45% contained, and most people have been allowed to go home. 
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Apparently thereās calls to make your power company a state-owned utility:
And over here we want out state-owned monopolistic power generator to become privateā¦
Champagne and caviar to celebrate? 
Actually, scratch that, I donāt do hoity-toity stuff. Just a feeling of gladness that peopleās OK.
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3% humidity in my part of SoCal today. Iām really hoping nothing catches fire.
Thatās kind of funny. I just posted a response to your FaceSpace status saying pretty much just that.
On the good side up here, the Kincade fire is 60% contained now. Power is back on for a lot of people too, though 1/3 are still down.
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Iām pretty much accepting that both āNationalize it!ā and āPrivatize it!ā are extremes that should be moved between slowly and with care.
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Seriously, the government isnāt doing much better, or even worse, than PG&E there. At least with privatization someoneās 401k is feeling it. How much does CALPERS own of PG&E? But the stock has crashed and they canāt pay out dividends, so thereās that.
While PG&E hasnāt been doing enough clearing, I donāt know how much it helps when the areas right outside their domain are tinderboxes. California has simply given up on forest management it appears. Iāve been hearing about failures to manage the forest there since the 90ās, and how this will come home to roost. So, while there is corporate failure here, if everyone else was doing their job would it be as bad?
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Seriously?
He apparently doesnāt know the Federal Government owns over half the forest land in California and that the US Forest Service, which oversees those forests, is on the list of programs that are scheduled for budget cuts.
Not really a surprise, just depressingly predictable.
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He also doesnāt believe in climate change. 
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I was out raking our forest since the beginning of August so this kind of thing wouldnāt happen.
A weed forest?