If there is an ancient Valley Oak in NorCal that you love; get ready to be heartbroken. If it's on your property and it looks healthy now, give it a deep water at the drip line, because soon it will need every resource that tree can muster to fend off #MOB, aka Mediterranean Oak Borer 1/x

#BoylesFire in the City of Clearlake is close to residential areas, a community college, and hospital. Bad. Evacuations ongoing.

#HillFire is in a bad place. Local evacuations underway. I got fixed wings and copters flying overhead. Ugh.

I hear air resources heading in for the #WestFire on the slopes of Mt Konocti in #LakeCountyCA

I really wish our NWS station was more accurate for my location. So far this summer, there has not been one day where the forecasted high was the actual high. (I know, I know) but still. I was *really* looking forward to a markedly cooler day today. Nope.

#ParkFire enters the top 10 largest fire list at #8; mapped at ~307k acres.

Tip for Coastal West municipal planners: As the interior of your state heats up - higher temps and more often - plan for more visitors with affordable fire safe parking (eg: not on grass) and camping. We need it now. If you don't plan for it, you'll be sad when we arrive en masse, so plan for it - even when the neighbors object.