Fire Season Dread, Chapter 6

Six years ago a firestorm raged downstream from us in the little town of Paradise. A really ugly evacuation scene where nearly ninety people lost their lives. Thirty thousand people ended up relocating their lives after losing almost everything they were familiar with, including their homes. Every year since has featured these "blowtorch fires" from which Californians and Oregonians have had to run for their lives. 2024, July is proving to be no different. Fire is everywhere, ash is falling sixty miles West of the big one. The Park Fire which started yesterday afternoon in Chico, California has burnt over 75,000 acres in 24 hours. It is marching North aided by 25 mile an hour winds that, inside the fire these winds triple in strength. We are seventy miles from the origination of this latest fire, however ash is falling on my keyboard as I write this. I am more than a little anxious, as i cough my way through this workday. We have our 'go vehicle' ready to launch. Even though I can't really imagine our little wagon circle of green going up in flames.