That's truly the stuff of nightmares.

is terrifying. I will never be complacent about fire ever again after having lived in CA and many fire seasons.

I would never be standing like this guy watching a fire that close.
We evacuated 14 head of horses, 3 dogs, and 2 cats. As we were driving out ash was coming down so bad it was hard to see the road.
We sold after that and moved to western NE but it's not the same so now were back in the Black Hills.

Good luck all in California. I'm afraid your going to need it this summer.

Probably thinking he can put out any embers before they ignite his roof. At some point you have to think, what's more important...my stuff or my life?

Being the king of the hill loses its appeal real quick when one realizes the people at the bottom of the hill are using all your water.

the topography in this area is very steep. the road(s) narrow, windy, and some unpaved. lots of brushy oaks and manzanita, etc. the residents have weathered many a forest fire in their area. if the fire is 1 mile away, because they are in the "canyon" of the kern river watershed, the situation is extremely dangerous.