California Fires Consume Mansions and Trailers Alike

Photo from source, MSNBC

Fire is scary. And it is just one of the many calamities that regularly strike California. They have to endure fires, earthquakes, mud slides. . .it seems like it's always something. I remember after the May decision of the California Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriage, right wing bloggers were eager to blame June's wildfires on gay people. Well now, same-sex marriage has been halted (for now), and we get a whole new batch of fires. How much do you wanna bet they find a way to still blame this on gay people?

OK, enough snark, this is serious. And I hope everybody got out. A trailer park (who knew there was such a thing in Santa Barbara?) was apparently completely wiped out, and firefighters aren't certain that all the people were evacuated. Yikes. Hope the wind stays down, and they get this thing out. I can't think of anything much worse than being caught in a fire.

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Southern California battles devastating fires
L.A. fire chief fears deaths in mobile home park: 'Almost total devastation'

Southern Californians endured a third day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and mansions, forced thousands of people to flee and shut down major freeways. . .

Read more (with video) at: MSNBC

UPDATE: If you think my snarky attitude about right-wingers blaming these fires on gay people was off base, read this: Pro-'gay marriage' rallies planned nationwide (While CA burns to the ground-- Are they linked?)