The fire continues today, with 3400 acres burned, 28 structures destroyed and 570 threatened. Winds are out of the south and west a bit, so I believe the fire is pushing a bit to the north. 2683 firemen are working on the blaze, and evacuations are in place for a bunch of the mountains east of us. There's heavy fog up there, which is good and bad--it dampens the trees, homes, etc, but also makes it impossible to do drops of water and retardant from the air. Here at the house, it's quiet. We were wrapped in smoke yesterday, as was most of the valley. Today's a grey day, but I think it's clouds and fog and not smoke like it was yesterday. The fire's about 7 miles away, smoke heading north and east, and the winds will have to turn around to come back at us, so I'm less concerned for us personally at the moment and more concerned for the people who are farther out there that we are. Some links that I have open on the computer this morning: A google map of