they include some of the biggest wildfires ever recorded in california. san francisco, one of many cities that's disappeared under a shroud of smoke. i'm trying to keep a positive attitude, but it's scary. it's scary. one of those things, you just have to take into consideration that you have to be careful when you're breathing because you can be inhaling the smoke. unprecedented fires have led to desperate measures to tackle them — scrambling, even, to fly in fire engines. 0regon‘s governor has called this a once—in—a—generation event. thousands of homes have been lost. many dozens of people are reported missing. those who survived have been left to salvage what they can of their belongings. 0thers guard their homes for fear of looting. it's been a rough couple of days, but it's... i just didn't feel