the air is smudged with smoke the light is haze we've been watching aircraft loaded with water and fire retardant flying over Sac to and from the hot zones

Sac is not on fire but nearby Napa et al. is burning with such ferocity the mind freezes at the breadth of the destruction

how did these fires start the experts don't know they seem to have developed overnight they did explode overnight some survivors had to leave so quickly they left their phones and their shoes behind

think about that these people had to leave their homes so fast they couldn't stop for a moment to grab their phones and their shoes

fucking mindblowing