I lived in Goleta during the 1990 Painted Cave fire and watched the wind blow the fire down the hills..It jumped 101..but it was south of me...I never want to see such destruction again..I used to avoid looking at the big black scar coming down the hillside when I drove on the freeway.
A friend lost everything.
I just talked with my son in Northridge, and the smoke is bad, but they are leaving windows closed, and AC on. I’m just hoping the power doesn’t go down. (If it does, they are packed and ready to leave for relatives who are not in the line of smoke.)
And, praying for all who have suffered major loss, and those in harms way today.
I remember that fire, I was living in MN, but my mom liven in Templeton then, so I was calling all the time to check on the fire..