A bit dramatic I guess, as a title. The fires are still miles from the ranch. From Pratt Mountain as I came home today (after winning a victory in Santa Rosa where the air was approaching Chinese pollution levels) I got this shot of the Paradise fire



And this one of a fire somewhere in the south, probably Mendocino County. This looks scarier but maybe that's because it is closer. Come to think of it, that's scarier.



Latest radio reports are about 100 fires in Mendo, 40+ in Humboldt, a few out, many small, but a few getting up there. Notice the plume from the Paradise fire is going South. The first shot Saturday it was going North. A wind has come up. It's blowing away from Alderpoint, that's good. Our air is clear now. But it's blowing, and that's bad.