Jesusita Fire

Santa Barbara is on fire again. This one is hitting even closer to home than last fall’s Tea Fire. While we were making dinner last night, a cop knocked on our door and told us we had to evacuate. R managed to find us a hotel room down in Carpenteria, so we finished dinner, packed up the car, and put the growing plume of smoke behind us. When we woke up this morning our area of town was no longer under mandatory evacuation (a warning is still in effect), so we came home. Now we’re both at work, monitoring the news, hoping this thing gets under control soon.

Rather than attempt to capture images of the fire myself, I’m going to point you here for the most impressive photos of it I’ve seen.