(christina schwabecher / neighbor) >> "it is a really bad day for a fire." reid binion: >> multiple wildfires - raging in california this week. (christina schwabecher / neighbor) >> "we all worry that >> the loma fire - in the santa cruz mountains -- reportedly burning upwards of two-thousand acres so far... ...destroying one home, threatening hundreds more... and forcing hundreds of evacuations some heeding the call... (chris clark / santa cruz co. sheriff spokesman) >> "we've had a mix of folks that have decided to stay and some that have decided to leave." ...others, taking their chances. (jim digiovanni / lives in evacuation zone) >> "if we see flames get close then well head out. otherwise, i'm staying here." crews dropping retardant on the blaze -- competing with sweltering heat and dry brush. (capt. brian oliver / cal fire) >> "as it works its way around and it finds a valley or a gully or a drainage that's primed with fuels, that's the route it's going to go." reid binion: >> meanwhie facing the opposite problem: water. low-lying areas - inundated...