...and then, there were none!

Yesterday brought fabulous news... our neighborhood's status was changed from "Mandatory Evacuation" to "Pre-Evacuaion". That means our evacuees could return him, as long as they were ready to evacuate within an hour. So, at 8:30 PM, when the announcement was broadcast, all of our guests packed up...

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.... and left. 

Do you blame them? (Was it something I said?!)

The horses will remain until the pre-evacuation status is changed. Then they, too, will be back in home paddocks and pastures. What a wild week it as been.

The fire is not out. There are still many people who remain on mandatory evacuation, and many people who do not have a home to come home to. How devastating. The incident commander feels that he may have this 'wrapped up' by the end of Thursday.

The current evacuation map is as follows:

The Black Forest Fire statistics are as follows:

Containment: 65%

Deaths: 2

Acres Burned: 14,198

Homes Destroyed: 483

It has been a wild and crazy week!