not the view one wants at dawn

This was the view from our living room at 5.20 this morning.  Do not worry - there is all of Burbank, and, er, all of flammable Griffith Park between the La Tuna Canyon fire and us.  And more to the point, there's the LAFD, who have been hard at it all day, dropping fire retardant, and water, and more water, and more water (as well as the fire fighting they're doing on the ground).  They're doing a spectacular job.  We're on a main helicopter route to and from wherever they were getting the water from this afternoon - and then there was a short, heavy, delicious rain shower, too.  But it's decidedly nerve-rattling, waking up to flames marching over the ridge like this.  It looks much calmer this evening - let's hope it stays that way.  I can still, at 8.30, hear the helicopters.