Gus, 'you O.K.?
I have no idea what is like around Grass Valley right now. I'm several miles
south/south east of it. The big fire right next to us was mostly gone this
morning (nothing else to burn) and made its way north. It never got closer than
around 10 miles from us so it's not like we were that close to it.
We're at around 3,500 feet and looking out west I can see all the way from the
Sacramento valley up to the Sierras. There are a bunch of small fires spread
all around. It's just that the smoke gets together and if you don't look at the
ground, it seems the entire state is in smoke (ain't it!? <g>). But this is
nothing compared to the fires down south last year (at least I don't think it
is).