Hi Pitownpi, arocknoid, thank you for the links. I will study them.
Reading the inciweb map it appears that fire has reached South Ridge, the Desert Divide (PCT) and the ridge between Tahquitz and Red Tahquitz. Inciweb reports winds 18 mph and 25 mph gusts blowing east towards Murray Canyon drainages.
I wonder how much force the sheriff will use to get people out of Idyllwild. Dead or alive?
And now we know that the arsonist is a good kid (upper middle class) gone bad.
Fortunately rain may fall this weekend.
I just finished playing basketball in Balboa Park. I'm the adjacent baseball field two fire crews were playing frisbee. Two big red cheerful trucks in the parking lot.