[Myrddin]

Mom was just telling me about her new next door neighbors. They just moved into the house yesterday after transferring in from Hawaii. Welcome to wildfires in the San Diego back country. The 2003 fires forced my sister to evacuate and the ash fall was probably the cause of my father's acute respiratory distress syndrome in Nov 2003 followed by his death in Dec 2003.

[CAluvdubya]

So sorry for your loss.

I guess this would be a rude introduction to CA from Hawaii!

[spectr17]

I moved here from Germany while in the service in 1980. One day after shortly after I arrived they put us on looting patrol during the Panarama Fire in San Bernardino. Next thing I knew we were chainsawing off roof eaves when they caught fire on half million dollar homes, there was no water pressure to hose off the homes up near Devore that day.

That was my introduction to Socal and wildfire.