I enjoy camp fires but have NOT enjoyed the recent Camp Fire which hit the community of Paradise, California.  For readers unfamiliar with Northern California, Paradise sits in the Sierra Nevada foothills about fifteen miles east of Chico and about 90 miles north of Sacramento.

The Camp Fire started November 8^th, thus far creating havoc over 150,000 acres.  Fortunately this wildfire appears to head south and away from our city but prior to doing so tens of thousands of folks were displaced, thousands have lost homes, nearly a thousand are missing, and many have died.  The Town of Paradise, population nearly 30,000, reels from shock as do neighboring communities.  Rain is forecasted soon—a mixed blessing.  We’re tired of the flames and smoke but leery of mud slides.  (more…)