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Dying Embers

Posted on October 31, 2007 in Santiago Fire

square399The out of doors smells like a smoldering fireplace when the wind is right or just still. Other than that, I see little sign that the fire which had been such a spectacle is still going. The cough in my throat this morning comes from a cold. Now I catch germs instead of ash flakes.

We’re off the front page. The world will soon forget Portola Hills.

Here’s a map of the fire.

Word is that the Buckweed Fire was started by a boy playing with matches.


In other news, our sheriff has been indicted. Involved in the case as a source of bribe money is Donald Haidl, father of Greg Haidl, a rapist who was nearly acquitted of probing an unconscious girl with a lighted cigarette. What a family, eh?

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