Santa Barbara Fire

Yikes!

Towering Palm Trees explode as flames jump across state highway 154 early Friday morning May 8, 2009, in Santa Barbara, Calif. , bringing the fire dangerously close to heavily populated areas. A wildfire raging along coastal mountain slopes burned more homes Friday as it expanded in two directions along a five-mile front, and mandatory evacuation orders grew to encompass some 30,500 people, authorities said. Thousands more were urged to be ready to move on a moment's notice.

Here is South Carolina, residents of Myrtle Beach recently survived one of the worst fires in the state's history. We send our sympathies to those in Santa Barbara.