SAN DIEGO LAW PROFESSOR TOM SMITH REPORTS:

The family unit and I are camped out in a seedy motel in La Mesa, having been evacuated from our lovely home. It’s going to be too close for comfort. It already is. But many in SD have lost their homes already.

My older brother, a former volunteer fireman, talked me out of standing and fighting the fires, with talk of third degree burns and burn units.

When there’s that much wind, flames can move fast.