In response to contentandwell: I can't imagine living in a place where there's white stuff on the ground or, worse, ICE! I bought here 60 years ago to enjoy the mild, damp climate here, never expected it to get dry enough to burn! There have been a few instances (four or five) of a bit of snow in the six decades since I bought this place, but never enough to actually cover the green grass. That's the way I like it!

I just walked the quarter-mile toward the ocean to retrieve my mail, and the sky is an ugly orange, indicating that there are already some fires nearby. Hopefully it won't be a huge disaster like 2020, as many people are only now moving into replacement manufactured homes. There's a very strange hot east wind, just like 2020: here we expect to face the wind as we face the ocean, not the mountains east of us! Time to move the essential items to the center of the living room, ready for possible evacuation.