Where's the fiddle?

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We live in Chino Hills, right neat Alterra Park. We're bordered by two arms of the "Freeway Fire", as they're calling it, and can see smoke and sometimes flames from our apartment. It's very nerve-wracking, having never been through this kind of disaster. Fires are much different than Georgia natural disasters, which include mostly tornadoes. A tornado is over in a night; a wildfire can last a week and shift direction with little warning. Right now we are on the edge of the evacuation lines. That is to say, we are close enough to the fire to consider evacuating somewhere, but not actually in any direct danger. So basically we have to stay awake and ready to go should the alarm be raised. The gas station down the street from us is being used to refuel CA Fire Department vehicles, ranging from ambulances to water trucks to general service vehicles. Exciting? No, no thank you. I'll pass on the fires.

Read This Now

Excellent behind the scenes stories and information on the campaign from Newsweek. Some of this stuff is great.

Barack Obama: How He Did It
John McCain: Back From the Dead?
The Long Clinton-Obama Siege
McCain Camp Retools, Targets Obama
Conventions: Obama Sweats the Clintons, McCain Gambles on Palin
Battling It Out in the Great Debates
The Final Days

Not sure if these are going to be published in print, each "chapter" is pretty long. Enjoy!