[Dr. Jimbo]

On my way home the other night, I saw a small smoke cloud in the hills above my house. I thought "no big deal, they'll have that out in no time". By that evening, the fire grew a bit. By the next day, it had grown A LOT. I went out and got a few night pix of the fire. Yesterday, it was spooky. The entire mountain was on fire. The sky is blotted out by the smoke. Went up "The Pass" and got some great pix. Came down and had to get some gas and every station was packed. I waited in line at one, then the power went out. Went to the next one and the same thing happened. Turning into another and the power goes out. I finally found one (the 10th I checked) with power. got home, packed up the pictures, guitars and other stuff I can't replace. Ready to go if we have to evacuate. The canyon across the street from me was evacuated and the houses on the other side of the street are on evacuation warning. It's snowing ash everywhere. Of course, I'm still driving with the top down. No structures have been lost but it's pretty knarly out there and it's at 5400 acres and only 16% contained. Send good energy this way.
I'll try to post some pix on Monday when I get to work, but I may need some help from someone cuz they come out too big and I don't know how to reduce them.
Jimbo