A good source of information (the World Wide Web) when living over 3,000 miles away.  There are limited news broadcasts–in North Carolina–regarding the fire near Lake Hughes, California.  I know the area quite well because, for over forty years, I lived less than twenty-five miles away.  I have friends there.

More information; maybe some of the same pictures.

A Google map of the area.  Wow, that is an awesome  map!!  I’m impressed… because I didn’t realize (when I copied) how large an area would be depicted by Google.

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Postscript, Friday, June 7, 2013: I spoke with my friends yesterday and was grateful to hear that their home was spared.  Blackened forest all around but no damage to the house.  There is good news, bad news regarding The Painted Turtle.  Read the article.

Tornadoes, hurricanes, drenching rain(s), and flooding in many areas while fires destroy homes and acreage in California, Colorado and New Mexico.  As I write this postscript, North Carolina (and other areas) is experiencing heavy rain from tropical storm Andrea.