[jyl]

I was living in Glendale in the early 90s when we had some fires in the foothills flanking Hwy 2, that destroyed many homes. I remember driving home between the gray smoking hillsides with helicopters circling the remains of homes. Around that era some of my friends lost their homes in the Malibu fires. I also recall being stuck at a trailhead on the Sespe (Ojai area) by a wildfire burning across the access road, watching the firefighters pulling water from the river pools. There's always fire in Southern Cal. When Jim Morrison sings "your hair is burning, hills are full of fire" in LA Woman you know he really knew.