We just had a large fire in my area that caused mandatory evacuations, rained ash over the whole area, caused the air quality to become so poor that schools and businesses were closed, and took much longer than anticipated to get fully contained. Another massive fire has broken out, and they are already doing mandatory evacuations. The freeway (the ONLY freeway.....the only way to get through the mountains!) is closed down in both directions. I don't think my boyfriend is going to risk trying to get through tonight to get to work, but we both need to get through tomorrow. If you have good thoughts to spare, please send them our direction!