I was standing on the roof trying to insert steel wire into two gaping holes in the roof. These were caused by the branches of an oak tree which overgrew our house, broke off, fell forty or so feet until they impaled themselves into the roof. The law in California is that you can’t cut an oak tree without prior approval, the cost of which is $95 for the applications and many hundreds of dollars if an inspector actually comes out . . billed in half hour increments. The problem is that it is difficult to know that the branch is going to snap off in ADVANCE.
I am guessing that this is the reason no one cuts their oak trees, causing an untold amount of roof damage, in addition to causing the current fire problems in California.
Which brings us to the smoke I saw as I was standing on the roof, wire mesh in hand. The smoke was coming from a fire about a mile below us in OAK Glen. It caused us to evacuate by order of the same government officials who promoted the existence of old and dead oak from being trimmed from the trees.
And, while I would like to blame them entirely for me living in a motel in Marino Valley, I know that nature and god had something to do with it, in addition to myself for buying a house with two branches sticking out of the roof.
However, hope springs eternal . . perhaps, I can find a way to blame Donald Trump 😊 !!