Currently 29 with a W wind of 15 mph. Feels like 18 degrees. Dew Point 25, Humidity 85%, Barometer 30.16 & rising, Visibility 0.5 mi., Sunrise 7:28 am, Sunset 5:22 pm. Cloudy today with a 90% chance of snow showers. High 33. WNW winds 10 -20 mph.

Cloudy. Low 26. SSW winds 5 – 10 mph.

Not at all like mid November with the blast of Arctic air sweeping down through the nation. Plenty of places with a hard freeze warning now. I had to finally plug in the heated ground bird bath. I reckon it will be plugged in and warm now until Spring.

Watching scenes of the wildfires in California. Looks like a version of what Hell must look like. I am heartbroken for the people – and the animals – trapped in that tinder dry location. I can’t, not for the life of me, imagine people not gathering up what’s important and leaving – LONG before being told to go. If there’s fire anywhere around, and I do mean anywhere around, I would think the logical and safe thing to do would be to simple get out of there. It’s not worth a single life to hang around and wait to see if the fire reaches you or not, or if you are given orders to leave…just get out. If there’s something there to come back to when it’s all over, good. If not, then it’s only stuff. As someone whose family did, indeed, lose everything in a fire once upon a time, I know it’s heartbreaking, but the fact that nobody dies is what’s important.