If it seems like I keep writing about fires, it’s because this has been an historic year for wildfires. While it’s been bad here, I’m glad we aren’t in the Okanogans (which are west and a little north of us.)

It has been an unprecedented year for wildfires. The drought has made everything tinder dry and the heat has created lightning storms, and as a result, conditions are extremely favorable for wildfires. Wildfires are really scary things. When we lived