FIRE AND SPITE

Here's what's happening in California:

Raging Calif. Fires Burn Scores of Homes
Oct 23, 3:20 AM (ET)
By ALLISON HOFFMAN and GILLIAN FLACCUS

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.

From San Diego to Malibu, more than 150 miles up the coast, at least 265,000 people were warned to leave their homes. More than 250,000 were told to flee in San Diego County alone. "It's probably closer to 300,000," said County Supervisor Ron Roberts.

Here are a couple of pictures:






Atrios picked up on this MediaMatters item:

GLENN BECK: I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today.