I've been helping deliver supplies to one of the evacuation centers in Napa.
I stopped this morning on the way in and took a few shots from a hill south of the city. For those of you who know the area, it was the hill with the Grape Crusher statue down by the Southern Crossing.
Nothing dramatic or particularly good, but I wanted to give some idea about the smoke we're dealing with:
Woke up the other morning to this (not something you want to start your day with). This is looking from Cordelia toward the Atlas Fire complex. There are several more fires like this burning in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake counties. This, and the Tubbs Fire complex are two of the largest:
This was coming into Napa from the south this morning:
There are mountains about 1/2 mile in front of me but you would never know it:
The ridge behind Artesa winery. I included this because I have some really nice before photos of this area. When they open the road to the winery again, I'll go up and post some before and after images:
Yesterday was pretty clear in Napa, with winds driving the smoke out into the Central Valley and the Bay Area. This is looking from a frontage road on I-80 out toward the Suisun Marsh, which is about 14 miles from Napa:
As I said, nothing dramatic. I didn't try to get close to any of the active fire areas because I didn't want to get in the way; just wanted to share some of what we're going through with you all.
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are not hearing nearly enough about these deadly fires. And thanks for helping! 
We are experiencing a major disaster here, and the heavy wind gusts are picking up again.
I'm home on a break until the supper shift tonight from 4:30-8:00.
burned me out. Living then in the hills east of Scripps Ranch. The fire reached my place early in the morning the day after it started in/near Ramona. Burned through Muth Valley and then westward to me. No notice, no warning because it was early on. I got my animals out and a few possessions but that was it.
The firefighting response was badly underfunded and undermanned. The crews made the decision to go to Scripps Ranch which had higher housing density and just left my area of scattered houses to burn.
Going back was very spooky. There were a few houses still standing in the vicinity, but not mine.
I felt sorry for my Oregon self when we had/have our recent wildfires, but now I realize we were very lucky.
My brother has been trying to fly out from San Francisco to Central Oregon but they keep canceling his flight, presumably due to the smoke. I'm kind of shocked, really.
Hang in there 
