Had you even heard of a "fire tornado"?

I would hate to be traumatized by a fire. Paso Robes to Gilroy SHOULD be OK, but you never know.

@TheHorse The way fires have been in California it's the case of never knowing and not taking things for granted. About the time I relax a bit from the fire that destroyed my home another fire starts in the general area and things get tense again. I'll be so glad when the rains come again!!!! But until then I am very uncomfortable about our short trip to Gilroy from Paso Robles this week.

@TheHorse Actually Paso Robles and Gilroy are two areas that are very hot and extremely dry so it would be easy for a fire to start. It seems like every other week we hear on the news about another fire in the Paso Robles area. I'm a nervous wreck whenever I hear the word fire, and as I keep saying I should be seeing a professional about my reactions and my trauma from losing everything in the fire. The neighborhood that I live in had two fires within two weeks of each other. One was caused by a battery on the man's cart overcharging and flaming out. Then mine was caused by the sparks from the power pole two weeks later. It's been quiet since then (knock on wood) and hopefully we won't have more blazes to burn down more places. Fortunately we have enough people living back in the area that we have some fire protection and fire fighters, but that still isn't enough. Of course it never is enough when you think of it...it doesn't matter where you live or the conditions around you. If a fire gets a toe hold you have a heck of a battle on your hands trying to save your home and whatever possessions you have. I remember living in Napa and the fires we would have up there. Even at age 6 when we finally moved away from the area I remember the horrific fires that would ravage the area and how my Mom would be up all night watching the blaze and the car would be full of our dearest possessions and clothing so that if the fire got too close we could get into the car and RUN. When we moved down to Los Osos we got away from the fires and the terror from them. In fact I don't remember any fires for years and years after we moved to the area. It's been just recently that the fires have gotten bad.

Thank you. I live in what seems like a "safe" suburban neighborhood. But up in Redding CA, a town of about 80,000, entire neighborhoods like mine are being wiped out.

@TheHorse I have friends near Mariposa/Yosemite who have been evacuated because of the fires there.

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That's one way to put it @TheHorse I keep thinking of that book they talked a lot about by Nostradamus, did he predict all this?

I wonder that too. We live in interesting times.

@rebelann He spoke so abiguously...I have no idea...

@TheHorse Just as well you don't listen. I'm hearing about human's dying.

@TheHorse I hear you and feel your pain.

I'm looking at the haze outside my window. I've avoided listening to the news today.

I think of our fire season as September and October. But I think it's expanding. Is it hazy down there in San Jose?

@spiderdust Whoa. Looks kind of close. Glad the road was not closed down.

@TheHorse I'm not in San Jose today, so I'm not sure. However this is a fire that we drove past on 101S last Thursday.

They really are. It's still really hazy here today.

I would hate to be near one. There were no fired close to me when I was learning on fire tornadoes on the radio.

I have not heard the lastest about the fire burning in Redding, which I pass through on some of my vacation drives. I hope they have it under control. It's brown and hazy here, but there are no big fires near me at this moment.

@TheHorse They are scary.

I literally had not heard of them until the other day.

@TheHorse No I heard one of the weather person talking about this.No fire here.

@amadeo Good to know.

Was there a fire burning in your area?

How is the air in Eugene right now?

You're in regular tornado country, as was I when I lived in Iowa. Have you ever seen an actual funnel cloud? Each one is different, as were the fire tornadoes I looked at on the internet.

@TheHorse No, though I came close to seeing one when I was 10 and a tornado roared through our small town. My dad saw the funnel while he was at work.

Are they talking about them down in Southern Californa as well?

@TheHorse I do not watch news so I do not know.