The good news is the storm front passing through doesn't appear to have too much dry lightning. That works in our favor, but the winds won't help existing fires.

We've still got a long way to go.

They will follow the fire line and put out any embers outside the fire line. When they get used to the routine -- because it is hard and long physical labor -- then they'll move into more complex situations as they go along.

Many firefighters will get at least a couple of days to go home and pay the mortgage and do the laundry before they're called up for more fires.

Birth is as safe as life gets.

It was our worst nightmare realized. They hadn't played well for two games and we had played well for two games. You knew the pendulum could slide in the other direction, and it slid a long ways in the other direction.