Thank you for thinking of me Jeffro.
California is a big state and the current fires are several hundred miles away.
The Santa Ana Winds are beginning to blow so we are at risk around here.
Santa Maria is a Cal Fire tanker base so things get pretty busy when we have a local fire.
Part of why I call flight service before every flight is to check for Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) to provide a safe environment for firefighting aviation operations.
We have had five fires so far this year within 50 miles of our home. The most recent was Lompoc (LPC); fourteen nautical miles south of Santa Maria (SMX).
We live on a bluff so we are at more risk than those living in the valleys. We have a family of red tailed hawks that ridge soar right in front of the house. I can watch them out my office window.
At this time the nearest fire TFR to Nipomo is in Springville, Ca about 100 nautical miles to the east, northeast of us.