Witch Fire...

North of us the Witch Fire is burning out of control, on several fronts, and causing far more trouble than the Harris Fire that is closer to us. At right is the latest MODIS thermal imaging data, which looks pretty grim – but the news from TV and radio is even more grim: huge swaths of San Diego County are under evacuation orders, and apparently many homes have already been lost.

I got word from my company this morning to stay away from our Solana Beach office, as it was in an area that might be evacuated – and, worse, that at least one of our employees has lost his home, and several others have been evacuated. We have friends in many of the affected areas, and have heard from one (in Ramona) who has already been evacuated. We also heard that an area just north of Ramona, where we know someone with a beautiful horse farm and many animals, burned over during the night. Grim news from all over the county…