Jimskater lives out east... his house was 4 miles away from the fire but hes fine... just a LOT of think black smoke...
I'm in La Jolla close to the beach and theres a lot of ash and smoke here... crazy i tell ya. the sky was aweful today... check out this pic at 3 in the afternoon.
and heres a satellite pic of the so cal fires...
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/loo...int_fires.html