Thursday, October 25, 2007

All City Evacuees Returning Home Today




Still smelling smoke this morning at 8, and the sky is covered with a light-orange haze. Fires are still burning, but they are being contained, and they are mostly far from populated areas. Within the city limits, an official said this morning that there is no active fire.

Looks like all city evacuees will be able to return home today, which is a huge relief. Thankfully, most will find their homes unaffected.

It's such a relief to be free of the grinding sense of low-level dread that we've all been living through. Our wildfires are unique among natural disasters in that they are slowly-unfolding as well as unpredictable. They are always a threat, and they will be a hazard for us for years to come.

I suppose we're all learning to deal with the uncertainty of living in the increasingly dry southern California desert.

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