I live in San Diego County, usually a wonderful part of southern California. This week, however, has provided far too many people with a sneak preview of Hell.

For the second time in almost exactly 4 years, wild fires have ravaged indiscriminately through back country brush and posh upscale mansions. As I write this, even though the news has died down somewhat because the wind and the fires have died down somewhat, personal friends still do not know if fire fighters will be able to save their home.

Around half a million people were evacuated from their homes in the path of the fires. About 10,000 of them wound up at Qualcomm Stadium. I heard they have spent the week without showers!

Now I can understand why the people who run the stadium did not open up the Chargers' locker room, or the visiting team locker room, to the general public. This is football season, there is a home game on Sunday, and it just would not do to have a bunch of funky evacuees in there. Said funky evacuees were not even allowed on the playing field, for crying out loud.

HOWEVER, there have to be other shower facilities in there. There is no way the Chargers and the Padres shared showers! As the Padres do not play in Qualcomm anymore, why couldn't those showers be opened up to people? I mean it's bad enough to have escaped with only the clothes on your back, but after you have worn them - and only them - for several days in 90+ degree heat, you need a shower!

You knew this was coming: If these people only knew of my method for preventing stinky feet, that would have been one less thing they would have had to worry about. And that's the truth.