Fresh from reviewing the posts on emergency airplane evacuation, I read of this lady's sad ending in the LA Times.Here is a similar account http://www.canada.com/news/world/barbara...5061/story.html

We in California are just getting into the traditional fire season, and thousands of us will be facing decisions like this before it ends. Many of the same principles apply here- get out when you can. It is better to leave earlier than later.

I have loaded up for evacuation twice in the twenty plus years I have lived in my present residence. The hills above my home last burned in 2008 and the chaparral has grown back once more. Yesterday we reviewed evacuation procedures and I will be clearing out as much brush as I can.