9:02 am, Sunday Oct 26, 2003, Scripps Ranch, California.  Awaken to black smoke and fire close by:

9:12  Fire moving down ridge towards our neighborhood:

About to get into car in our driveway:

9:32 a.m. Evacuating; sky now black with smoke.  Interstate 15 closes:

Inferno Approaches Car As We're Stopped In Evacuation Traffic:

We made it to safety at a friend's house.

Scene from a few blocks away the next day: