Thanks everyone for the well wishes.
Update...... thanks to an armada of water dropping airplanes, helicopters and a lot of firemen, the fire appears to be under control. At least for tonight! We had a big fire back in 2007, which got out of control, so now they hit them with everything they've got to avoid a repeat of that disaster. I believe no loss of life or homes, just burned up a lot of old scrub land and open space between or near developments. As usual for evacuations, huge effort in mobilizing every horse trailer in the county to get livestock out of harms way. Big horse country here!
Bob..... no we are not 3 to 5 weeks early for fire time but, more like 3 to 5 month's early. Worst of Santa Ana conditions usually happen around October thru December. As many have experienced this year, very weird weather. Global warming, I dunno..? Suppose to be back to normal May weather of 68-70 deg next week FYI.... to many around here the eucalyptus is almost sacred, even if dead. Kind of a cultural thing, I guess. They were planted at the turn of the century by the original developer, the Santa Fe Railroad.