The Fifth Season Is Off To An Early Start
 

The 'fire season' busts loose in Big Bear today. :( God damn Western Bark Beetles. :mad:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...618-story.html

http://www.trbimg.com/img-55830e61/t...02/350/350x197

This won't help matters. Triple digits expected this weekend.



http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...618-story.html

Been hot where I live too.

I'm up in Minneapolis now, heading to the Duluth this afternoon. Nice and cool here at night and in the morning with a pleasant afternoon warm-up. Nice folks, too.

Napa in flames. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...723-story.html

Pretty grim. Fortunately, the fire is about 20 miles, straight line distance, from Napa and the area's largely unpopulated.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...731-story.html

Gov. Brown declares a state of emergency. :(

And that's a different fire from the one in the OP (which is still burning). That one's about 20 miles east of Napa. This one's around 60 miles north.

Update - http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...803-story.html

http://www.trbimg.com/img-55bf902c/t...03/450/450x253

Damn thing is spreading like crazy!