re: Say a prayer tonight for Redding, California as major fire decimates it right now

There actually was monsoon rain east of the fire, and further south.

Its possible.

I had to evacuate my house last few days.
Going back in.morning.
My town was protected by agriculture. Open fields of crops which are watered. No mountains. No forest..
Bulldozers made a 100 foot wide break 10 miles long. Dc10s dropped retardant.

The Redding fire came down from.mountains and pine forest.
The river fire, "mine", was uncontrollable in Mts, from Mendocino to close to town.
I've been up at the peak of lake men do county line. Thousands of feet down to valley. There was no stopping it in that terrain since the dc10s were busy at Redding.
When the all towns around clearlake were in imminent danger we got dc10 sorties.

The Mendocino forest goes up to 8,000 feet and 7,000 ft is close enough to us that it looms over our local 3000 to 4000 mountains surrounding the lake.

Going back in 2 hours. There is still uncontrolled ranch fire north end of lake. Air is awful.