Jesusita Fire....

So, it's getting pretty gnarly around here in Santa Barbara. Nate's school has been closed for 3 days and we've all been cooped up in the house (our TINY house) since Wednesday afternoon. Our house isn't really in danger of being burned now - though we were concerned when the "little" fire suddenly erupted into a huge problem on Wednesday - threatening downtown SB. We are 2 blocks from the warning evacuation line, and about a mile from the actual evacuation line. This is devastating. The chain of events seemed to happen so fast. The fire was just a tiny stream of smoke in the sky around 1:30 on Wednesday......and then around 4pm I was shopping downtown on State Street and saw this in the sky......


We are moving up north in about a month anyway, so we boxed up some important things and waited and watched.....so far I think we won't be going anywhere, unless the air quality gets even worse. That being said, we are getting a little cabin fever in here.

Here's Finn kickin' it with our only fan in the house. Nobody in SB has A/C.


With Nate home (a little silver lining) yesterday we went to Ventura to spend some time outside and do a little surfing.






This morning the evacuation line extended to include parts of Montecito and Westmont College - right before their baccalaureate and graduation. They are still recovering from the Tea Fire in November. Major bummer.

We are heading out the door again to get out of this air. Please pray for the safety of others in this area.