Whew!
I spoke to my sister Friday night. The evacuation order was lifted as of 8pm, and she was planning to go home today (Saturday.) No word yet on how much smoke damage or anything, but the immediate neighborhood was a mile or more from the edge of the fire, as best I could make out from the maps I found. I do thank all you'ns for prayers and best wishes; I believe they worked. Despite the damage to the area, which was horrendous, it really could have been very, very much worse. What seems to have suffered worst were homes on the outskirts, big ones on big properties and subdivisions, three hundred and forty- seven of them, with two fatalities I know of-- but not densely- populated neighborhoods with apartments and schools and so on.
Whew.
Whew.