fire watching

The Palisades fire, as you can see, has an evil face.  And we can see the Altadena fire from our living room, bright and furious, which is also terrifying.  It goes without saying that we have friends who are seriously affected.  And the wind, the wind ...  Should we need them, we have bags packed if we have to flee (for who can tell if there'll be another fire breaking out, wherever - and we back onto very dry hilly parkland).  Whether or not I make it to MLA will be an interesting question.