Deja Vu (from 6 years ago)

You know the wildfire is too close to your home when:

• The neighbors are talking about getting out the marshmallows and hotdogs...
• You find yourself dusting the ash off your horses...
• You can feel the water drips from the 100 gallon bucket the helicopter overhead is hauling to the fire...
• You find yourself hanging out with the firefighters, being told how you never want to get that  fire retardant on your clothes....
• A fire truck is parked in your neighbor's yard because it is the "last line of defense"...
• You have a mental checklist of all the things you will grab in case of evacuation..
• You are making sure your fire insurance is up to date...
• You compare cool photos with your neighbors on Facebook...
• Your whole house smells like you've been camping for a week...
• Your view of the meteor shower is obstructed by smoke...
• Your child is depressed that the whole mountain is "so black"...
• Your morning run is a maze of firetrucks...
• In between meetings at church, everyone goes outside to see how the fire is doing...
• There are more people out on your road watching the fire, than there are watching the parade on the 4th...
• You know what the campfires of Mordor's armies may have looked like...

Photos below all taken from our yard, or our road:

The wildfire (top) racing towards the back fire (bottom).  Fighting fire with fire totally worked in this case and many homes were saved.  Yay for awesome firefighters!