Well, we visited the apartment yesterday afternoon, and found that the wind had reversed and the fire line had moved back nearly to the peak of the foothills behind our neighborhood. Consequently, the smoke and ash too had receded and were being blow in the opposite direction. In fact, it looked almost like a normal [...]

As many of you may know, we live in Goleta California. Over the past 5 days a wild fire has been raging in the foothills of Goleta. The fire has burned over 8,000 acres and 20 structures as of this writing. The fire is ~5-6 miles North by North West from our apartment at the [...]