#partrick fire

So, California is on fire.

Specifically, and in addition to the fires already burning in SoCal, somewhere around 20 fires have started in the region from Clear Lake, down to highway 37, and out to Fairfield. There is not much in the way of containment right now and things are looking pretty bad. Things are particularly bad in Santa Rosa, where entire neighborhoods were levelled and many commercial structures destroyed.

I myself am at my parents home in Fairfield. I helped make sure they were ready to evacuate and we are ready to go at a moment's notice. Whether or not the house survives pretty much hinges on how the wind blows, and I'm not sure how that's going to go, so we watch and wait.

There's a lot of devastation across the entire region, and many are left homeless, displaced, out of work, injured, etc. This article (http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article177964926.html) has a number of ways to help, but if you do a quick Google search you will find other charities and donation pages for groups working with the fires.