Wildfires are so scary, Allegra. The wind can shift at any moment, and devour everything in the fire’s path - in a very short time.
I have no friends or relatives in Reno, but my heart and prayers are with all in harm’s way!
Regarding your friends who lost their home and cat, my sympathy and prayers for them. What pain that loss must be!
Yep. One sprung up in a park near me one afternoon in late August. After a few hours, they got it mostly contained.
A week or two later, I had a brief nightmare about a wildfire. Not as scary as some other nightmares I've had to deal with about errr....other things, but it was still an indication of how those things can get into your subconscious.
I really feel for people who are right in it and have to be routed from their homes...only to lose everything. It's heartbreaking. I pray these people will be OK and that loss is minimal.