Update.? It's still ugly.? I live 5 miles south of the active fires.? The wind is still gusting at my house.? The smoke and ash are awful.? It looks like fog, it's so thick.? The dogs are spooked.? I don't blame them.? They don't want to eat and just want to be in their dog houses or inside the house.??Embers are flying for miles and we saw a red ember land in a neighbor's yard last?night.? I don't know exactly where it landed but nothing happened.? Scary stuff.? I don't have any brush, just DG and pea gravel.? But, I do have lots of mature trees and the?yard directly behind me has a ton of brush and dead trees.??I didn't think it would get this far, but the ember last night and the new change in winds?is not helping.? I just heard the fire got down to Northridge,?only?a couple miles from me.? Possibly an ember and?the fire?was extinguished quickly.?? I wish they would do water drops here, just to be on the safe side.? Laura ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================