Napa and Sonoma county wildfires

Pretty horrific. Some important and historic wineries threatened and a couple reportedly loss, but that pales next to loss of life and entire blocks of homes destroyed.

My Sister in Law and her husband in Santa Rosa lost everyting.

So sorry to hear that, Bill. The devastation in Santa Rosa sounds bad indeed. My relatives in the Bay Area are talking about the smoke from the fires, but that's it.

Mark Lipton

Yes, over 1500 homes lost in Santa Rosa alone. The Silverado Resort was completely evacuated, too. Most worrisome is that no one seems to have heard from Lou and Betty Lu Kessler since this started.

Mark Lipton

That's terrible. I know a lot of people in that area especially wine makers and have been emailing back and forth with several of them who have lost property but the loss of life is really devastating.

Is there a fire in Lompoc as well. I thought that was where they were.

The news report I heard stated that a football field was being consumed by this inferno every THREE SECONDS. Stunning...

Nope. A FB friend has heard from Lou: they're fine, but had to relocate

10 mi S (sounds like to Napa proper). Like many others there, sounds like they had to leave at a moment's notice.

Mark Lipton