There was this traffic jam of all traffic jams, it was worse than trying to leave a Grateful Dead concert, we moved along for about half a block and then it was solid.

Mel Smothers

I couldn't just sit there and waste time, i did feel like people were in their cars listening to me, like I was going to be giving a performance, but that really wasn't the idea.

The new reality is, the forests are burning, there are things we can't control on the planet.

There was some pretty thick smoke and ashes falling -- very Pompeii like, it wasn't that critical, we could move, but it was certain the fire was moving really fast.