Jesusita Fire: update Saturday early afternoon

The reports last night were reassuring, so we had a restful night. We woke up this morning to the wonderful sight of May Gray -- the low marine layer [fog] that brings so much humidity from the ocean. Wow! and Whew!

Most of the evacuation warnings have been lifted, and much of the mandatory evacuation zone has been downgraded to "warning." The Unified Command is reporting the fire 30% contained, which may not sound like much, but it's huge considering how out of control it all was.

Most astonishing, the current estimate of structures lost is much lower than it had been, now that inspection teams have been doing an inventory of the most affected areas. The fire crews have done a spectacular job.

I'll do a final report when the smoke has cleared -- so to speak.