We moved out here a little more than a year ago -- we're in Marin, about 35 miles south of Sonoma. Sunday night they were talking about fires on the news but it didn't sound that serious. But I woke up early Monday AM smelling smoke from that far away and by the time I was going to work there was a haze over the whole area and you could see ash falling like snow flurries. This morning the haze was even heavier -- you could stare directly at the rising sun this morning here; it looked like a sun setting over NYC or LA with the pollution filter.
This has been stunning, people aren't talking about anything else here. Lots of focus on evacuations, shelters filling up, etc. They are starting to find bodies in areas where fires have passed, especially Santa Rosa. Terrible what happened there. And as bad as it's been, it's far from over. Multiple major fires still out of control and after a relatively cool and calm day today, the winds are supposed to come back strong tonight and tomorrow.