24 October 2007

The fire moves on



It's raining ash in the city where I work right now - but the smoke in the sky is white instead of black. This is a very good sign. We received more air support today which brought containment up from 30% to 50%. I think the tide is starting to turn.

Barry got some good news today. His house survived the fire. The fire crews used the property as a staging area - how lucky is that? He hasn't been able to get in yet to check things out, but some or most of a house is of course better than no house.

4 comments:

smartwick said...

I am SO GLAD to hear that Barry's house is safe. Thanks again for keeping us updated. Scary stuff.

Dinah said...

Oh, thank god. I've been worried about you two down there.

Where is Suzanna now? said...

No news is good news? Hope all's well.

- The M.A.D. Hapa said...

Yes, all is well. The fire has moved into Riverside County and we OC people don't give a crap about the "909-ers." Seriously though, the fire has all but disappeared from the news, even thought it's still burning on the other side of the mountains.