[GinaSD]

idiot film crews..

this kind of stuff pisses me off.

newscrew standing in rancho bernardo neighborhood. they show a cul-de-sac where two houses have burned and are now shells.. and mention that the firetrucks have moved on- although there is still some sporadic burning in the two houses.

the cameras pan over the lawns, and as they do they show a teeny tiny flame starting at the base of a tree (trying to recall the name used for the decorative wood shavings placed at the bases of trees- very flammable).

So one of these tinders has just started to flame. The reporter mentions how very dangerous this is (second tinder flames) and rues that there are no firetrucks available, and how the neighborhood is evacuated.

jeesh.. just go kick the tinder into the grass away from the rest of the pile, rather than talk about how it's a huge risk of inciting more fires. If this was my home, I'd be on all kinds of reporter-tilt. grr.

carmel valley still safe. when the wind blows from the south we can sometimes see the sun clearly, but technically we're still in the southwest edge of the evacuation zone.