Last fire season and all the past fire seasons I would watch the devastation that fires had brought to the environment and people's lives on the news. California wildfires have a mind of their own and each year claim thousands of acres of land.
This year the "Station" fire has marked the beginning of fire season in California. Just last night the fire that has been raging for a week nearly doubled in size, in one night. Two brave fireman have lost their lives and due to these talented fireman, prior to last night, no structures were lost.
What makes this year's fire season so prevalent is that wildfires are now our worst fear. We live in a beautiful, lush canyon that hasn't burned in over 20 years. Our landlord spends most of the year clearing his/our land and has a full grey water tank at the top of our hill top. Wildfires are a hush-hush around here, thoughts of them bring negative energy to our humble hippy town. Regardless, people are prepared for the worst possible outcome: a fire knocking at your front door.
While I try to keep the fires in my unconscious I am preparing for a disaster we could face in the future. This morning I called our renter's insurance to increase our liability and I gave our landlord our emergency numbers (sorry dad, now Ralph has your numbers) in case they can't get a hold of us when we are not home or out of town. We are currently accepting any other volunteers that will be here to water down our hill top if those nasty fires come'a knock'n.
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