A. J. Burfield, my cohort on The Virtual Seasons is in the midst of this horrid thing. The other day, she logged on long enough to say that she was evacuating her house. The next night, she was home, she said that she is about 1/4 a mile away from San Diego County were the fire is at and that ash is everywhere. Said that when they have the house open, they breathe through masks and when they have the air on (only to conserve energy - they asked them not to use a lot of energy) that that's the only time that they are able to breathe freely per se.
I know that my prayers are for her and for everyone else in CA for their health and wellbeing.
MJ