Smoke and screams

I have been listening to live coverage of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA fires this afternoon on KNX 1070 online.
The 1,200-acre Malibu fire has destroyed at least three homes, three businesses and a church. Hundreds of people have been evacuated -- including students at Pepperdine University -- and authorities have closed the Pacific Coast Highway.
Overnight winds gusted as high as 108 mph, and these winds are fueling several fires in the Southland.
Additional Los Angeles County fires are burning near Castaic and Agua Dulce (north of Los Angeles). A fire near Portrero, Calif., east of San Diego, has killed one person and injured four others.
Scary stuff from my native state.
Earlier this morning, the girls and I prepared for Halloween by listening to SCREAMING LORD SUTCH.
The future leader of the OFFICIAL MONSTER RAVING LOONY PARTY was a pioneering shock rocker, influencing the likes of Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne.
On the 1964 single "She's Fallen in Love With the Monster Man," Sutch was joined by session guitarist JIMMY PAGE -- four years before the creation of Led Zeppelin.
Sutch and his horror-themed songs -- including "Jack the Ripper" and "All Black and Hairy" -- were designed to delight. The news I am hearing from Southern California, by contrast, chills me to the bone.