Global warming, anyone?
Is anybody else dealing with the Southern California wildfires? I got out of San Diego, as far as Los Angeles. It took 2 hours to drive the first 30 miles ON THE FREEWAY, surrounded by cars crammed with people's possessions, pets, bits of furniture. Fancy cars, beater cars, cars pulling over from overheating while crawling along at a snail's pace. At least everyone was driving nicely. 300,000 people evacuated. I never understood such a thing, really, until I experienced it yesterday. I left behind lots of people staying to water down their homes, or to host friends who had already been forced out. Well, it will be easier for them all to get out later with so many of us gone already.