YET ANOTHER HOT & WINDY SO CAL DAY
(Tuesday) Humidity is going up (that's good) and the winds are dying down (a little) but the fires continue to spread. They are having the same problem south of the Mexican border.

Karly Perino at Azusa Pacific University checked in this morning to say that they're doing fine but that the air is very smoky. However, the San Diego universities remain closed today (including UCSD, Pt Loma, SDSU, University of San Diego...)

Teresa Coles (Wickel) formerly of our church, now lives in the San Fernando Valley somewhere and had to evacuate over the weekend. No word from her, yet.

The listing of openings and closures in the San Diego area gives you the idea of the ripple affect of this kind of a thing. For example, 30% of the mail didn't get delivered yesterday. Link

The ripple effect extends into our area as well. There are about 60 fire fighters, along with equipment, from local fire services (many volunteers) that have gone south. Also, the local fire services are covering our rural areas for the California Department of Forestry (CDF) which has sent their people south.

At what point did the "Santana" winds of So Cal morph into the "Santa Ana" winds?

By the way, it's a beautiful day up here in Turlock.