We have a fire complex burning an area roughly including the recent train disaster.
The 118 freeway leading to Simi is shut down, 17 miles of the connecting 210 is shut down. Many ajoining freeways are impacted. Drivers found themselves facing flames on the 118 and began making u-turns in the smoke, one driver killed. A homeless man and his dog burned beyond recognition in his cardboard shelter just off a surface street.
Record measured winds in the 60-70 MPH range with 80 MPH gusts.
The leadplane of the aerial resources flew over and reurned saying simply " forget it, no way you can get anything through the smoke and turbulance.
My window is a nicotine brown.

And outside my window, I see a landscaping worker with a LEAFBLOWER, no facial protection robotically blowing debri off the walkways as it comes down around him. I'm thinking ' What an idiot!' and then I saw a small dust devil form and move toward him. He stood there, like Dirty Harry and aimed his funnel; mano a mano and pressed the trigger as it engulfed him.

IV'E GOT TO GET ME ONE OF THESE FOR MY BOB!