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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 1194549" data-attributes="member: 2525">Half a million acres burned so far.1200 homes/structures gone.16-25 deaths (depending on how they count heart attacks).$2 Billion more in costs for the State of California to deal with, while in the midst of the largest budget crises we have ever seen.My friend in San Diego, who played D&D with us for about a year, has fires in 360 degree radius around her house (though not immediately near).  Her valuables are packed in their car, and they are prepared to evacuate at any moment.A friend of a friend lost her cabin in San Bernadino.  We were planning to play Stargate SG-1 there at some point.Big Bear is burning, where I stay once a year and play games with a large group of friends, and where I have gone every year since I was a kid.The Simi fire is approaching Chatsworth, where my once-favorite (and now fairly run-down) game store is located.  The flames of this fire can be seen from my parents house (our family house), and from their business, though neither structure is in any immediate danger.The air is so thick with smoke and ash that nobody, in most of Los Angeles, San Bernadino, and San Diego counties, should go outside for any lengthy period of time.Outside my window at night, in the distance, I can see what can only be described as Mount Doom.  Smoke and haze cover an area that glows red and orange.These fires suck.</blockquote>