[Torie]

I might add that the big change is that the prevailing winds have returned to normal, so the fires now are tending to move to the east rather than to the southwest. That is why the fire that skirted Lake Arrowhead is now moving east towards Big Bear. The most threatened homes are those on top of a steep slope, and there are a fair number of them built there for the city light views of the San Bernadino area.

[Letitring]

Flame wall 50' high, E215, mile marker 15 1/2, just North of the Little League field.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I am also in Orange County (south county) and thought today's smoke was the worst. During the transition from Santa Ana winds to the onshore flow, the air became quite stagnant and didn't go anywhere.

We did get much more ash on Sunday, however, it just didn't smell or feel quite as smokey as today. My best friend and his family were evacuated from Claremont on Saturday night and stayed with us Sunday and Monday, and went back home to their house that survived by 100 yards.