I was driving through the fog in 35-degree temperatures and a forestry truck passed me. I remember thinking that the fire danger must be zero; "It's hard to imagine that it will ever be so hot and dry again that the fire danger will be high." But I knew that it would be. Then I realized that when it is so hot and dry, it will be hard to imagine it being as cold and foggy as it is now. But I knew that it would be. This area has been going through the same cycles since the beginning of time, and .