Sending extra prayers the water pressure stays up and the flames stay down!

The winds started kicking up again too :(

I was reading that there are 85 mph gusts....holy freakin' cow.

VCA Animal Hospitals are offering free boarding in Orange and LA County.

From the OC Register:

Orange County Fire Authority reports the Santiago Fire has burned 15,800 acres and is 30 percent contained. The fire has changed course and is moving north toward Silverado Canyon. Lake Forest, Foothill Ranch and Portola Hills are no longer in danger. But 2,000 residents in Silverado Canyon are being asked to evacuate voluntarily in the next hour. They can go the Santiago Canyon College in Orange or to Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. - 7:12 p.m.

NM has left his house for the moment. There are still hot spots and flame coming from trees further down the canyon.

Susan just got off the phone with NM. If I understand correctly, the fire burned his backyard and his front yard all the way down to the street, but his house is untouched.

I am just in shock about that.

I don't think it burned his front yard. I think it was just the canyon brush and trees that burned right up to his backyard fence. His yard didn't burn.

Confirmed: front yard fine, back yard ok, canyon behind the house scorched.

I didn't think that sounded right. I gotta have a talk with that wife of mine.

sorry, could of sworn I heard "backyard" and "flames to the street"

probably should go clean out my ears.

Portola Hills is not looking good right now. Things have flared back up and the winds are getting stronger.