My daughter just called and gave me an update which amounts to: We don't have much information. They live in Escondido in north county and she feels it's fairly low in priority for news. Sometimes they are told they are at risk, other times the authorities seem rather cavalier in their responses to the city's questions.

The Santa Ana has not yet increased in velocity this morning- it's at 3 - 5 miles per hour, which is basically just air movement, imo. But they can now see the glow of fires off in the distance and their breathing air has become smokey. Straight up, the sky is still bright blue. They haven't had any rain since May and things are tinder dry. Their house has a fire retardant roof but some of the houses next door do not.

Her husband said that last night he slept in snatches of 20 minute segments; my daughter slept like a log, glad to turn the responsibility over to him.

Schools in the area are closed but my daughter homeschools and there are some important subjects coming up, so, much to the kids' chagrin they are studying today.