More Smoke, Less Danger

Photos are from 9 a.m. I've included a shot of continuous wall-to-wall coverage on one of five TV stations.

There is ash on our cars this morning. Humidity is higher. We have more visible and smellable smoke. But the good news is that containment of the two huge fires has begun.

An evacuation has been canceled for a heavily-populated area called Carmel Valley, so many people are returning to their homes.

Fires are still threatening a few areas outside the city, and there are some new fires on the Camp Pendleton Marine base.

We are also heartened that our kitchen-floor installer was able to come today, after spending yesterday preparing his family for evacuation--which never happened. Normalcy continues to drift back to us.

KPBS radio was off the air all day yesterday, because the transmitter is on top of Mt. San Miguel, which was ablaze yesterday morning. The adult alternative commercial station at 94.9 donated its frequency so that KPBS could continue broadcasting. KPBS is providing by far the best radio coverage of what's going on. And I am unbiased.