There is no telling how many more homes will burn before it is all over. The news coverage I have read shows 1000’s more homes and structures threatened.

I remember an article in the paper this summer about some new gel they used to protect homes. It worked much better than foam retardants. I hope they have some of that Thermo Gel available for the homes in the way of the fires.

I’ve lived in Southern California. I have family in there. In the last big fire they lost everything. Their home, pets and all their belongings that weren’t in their car. Luckily they had been at a friend’s house the night that the fire destroyed their home. Some neighbors weren’t so lucky. They didn’t make it out alive.

My sister called me during the day. I could hear the fear and remembered horror in her voice. They are prepared to evacuate again. I’m sure she’s not sleeping well tonight either. If she’s sleeping at all. I know she’s glued to the coverage on TV and reliving what it was like to see what was left of her home and her cats. It was the most horrific thing imaginable.

And now it is happening again. Only this time it is even worse. With over a half a million people already being evacuated. Who knows how many more before it is all over. Please, God, turn that Santa Ana wind around. Or let it die down, please!

It’s not just the loss of homes, pets and belongings that is effecting our neighbors to the south. It is also the air quality. I remember this summer when we didn’t see the sky for days. There it is not just trees and forest burning. It is all kinds of materials. Plastics, glue, rubber and anything that makes up homes, belongings and commercial structures. I saw a burned car in the Malibu coverage. Think of all the poisons that are being pumped into the atmosphere. The toxins in the air are dangerous!

I pray for everyone in the areas affected by the fires tonight. Please, will you too? I mean if the news coverage about the fires is keeping us awake and we are not likely to be sleeping, why not say some prayers for those who are in danger. At least it is something we can do.