Please, pray for rain!

And, for all the firefighters battling blazes over on the coast.

And, for all the homeowners over there who must be freaking out right now, worried about whether or not all their worldly possessions are going to be there tomorrow.

For ye out-of-town socks who may not be in tune with the situation down here, the governor has declared a state of emergency in Central Florida.

Recent high winds coupled with low humidity to transform all the pine and palmetto around this little corner of heaven into parched tinder.

The results have been horrific.

The local television coverage has been nothing short of gripping.

There are a lot of heroic folks over in Brevard and Volusia counties fighting those fires and trying to keep people and property safe.

I think the most compelling scene I saw tonight was the firefighters evacuating a crowd of screaming students from Bayside High School in Palm Bay.

The aerial shots of the fire-affected areas stretching along I-95 from Malabar to Daytona Beach are epic in proportion.

All of this brings back bad memories of our last rash of fires back in 1998. Ye local socks will recall that as the year of no fireworks on the 4th of July.

Anyway, I'll ask again for ye socks who do not live down here to do a rain dance or something.

Ye locals can help out in the same way, but also STAY AWAY from the burn areas so the fire fighters have all the room they need to battle the blazes. And, if you're one of the foolish few who still smoke, put your CIGGY BUTTS in the ASHTRAY instead of throwing them out the window!