fire fire everywhere and not a drop to drink

Yesterday a few fires started over near Malibu. Today I can see ashes floating through the air and the sky has been so blocked out by smoke that what sunlight does manage to stream through tints everything that it touches orange and red. In a way the new tinge to the skies is interesting, but it's also a reminder of how much devastation is going on not only to the trees and plants in the area, but also to the homes of hundreds of people. It's horrible that people are losing their homes- but at the same time I can't help but wonder...why are these people still living there!? Fires have been flaring up in the same place for a few years now. Their homes must be in danger every fire season. Haven't they realized by now that, just maybe, that isn't the best location to be living? Maybe they should move! I remember last year when the skies had the same color they do now. I hope this doesn't last long. I'm sure that global warming has something to do with it, but maybe it could bring some weird unseasonal rain to end this strange fires.