This fire has been horrible. It seems like they get it 20% under control & the wind hits again & wham.....1000's more acres are burnt. I know that when the wind changes, we get the smoke thick in our valley....no ashes, but I have a horrible problem with smoke & it has effected me. This fire has been going on since Sept 4 & has spread to Ventura on the west & all the way towards Frazier park on the north.

I know the fire in Santa Clarita just 2 years ago was when I ended up in the hospital for 10 days because if the asthma attack it caused me to have. Besides all the damage it does to the land & the little critters homes who are in the way....let alone the peoples homes in the path, the smoke does damage to people who aren't even touched directly by the fire.

I think I heard that this fire mostly was in areas where the firefighters couldn't even get to & like the fire years ago in Yellowstone, they were letting the parts of it go for the betterment of the environment. But when they don't take care of the houses in the path, that is unforgivable. I still don't understand why California hasn't purchased one of those huge fire fighting planes they have in Canada. It would pay for itself in just one year for the cost of all the firefighters that aren't effective.

On my way home from the San Fernando Valley yesterday, there was another fire starting in Placerita Canyon.....exactly where one had started just a few weeks ago. Hopefully they will be able to get control of this "day fire" which has been going on for 20 days soon.

Debbie