Gwen and I were able to return home yesterday. The house is fine, if a bit covered in ash. I ended up working a shift at the Red Cross shelter out at UCSB last night, and despite my morning-long nap I'm still tired. We're all glad to be home though, and by tomorrow things should be back to normal.

Last night, as the Jesusita Fire burned rapidly to the west, Gwen, the cats, and I left our house to go stay with our friends Roy and Michelle. They eventually ordered an evacuation for our house, but we were long gone by then. So far as we know, the first hasn't gotten anywhere near our house yet. The fire was very unpredictable yesterday, so they were very aggressive about ordering evacuations. Hopefully we'll find out more about what's going on today, but the bottom line is that we're safe.