Driving to town today, I listened to Rush Limbaugh for a few minutes. He was on a subject that made me think of you guys.

He was comparing the history of brush fires over the last 40 years in SOUTHERN California and in BAJA California.

It seems the Mexicans, like with everything else, don't really give a chit about fire prevention or about saving your house if you're dumb enough to build your casa in the brush-covered hills.

Consequently, in Baja they have constant little brush fires that don't threaten structures and get put out eventually - when the firefighters get around to it.

In Southern California they've practiced fire prevention for years and allowed thick brush to grow - then developers build houses in it and people buy those houses. So, when the Santa Ana winds come and the humidity is 4%, there's nothing on earth that can keep a whole bunch of houses from burning down. Sounds to me like a "let the buyer beware" issue.

Amd I think ol' Rush has a point there.