A coincidence reported in a cousin's Christmas letter: My cousin is married to a firefighter; one of their sons is also a firefighter. During this year's California wildfires, both father and son fought the same fire (though they live far apart; one in Far Northern California, and one in Hella Further Northern California). You might think this was an occasion for amazing father-son bonding, but it wasn't so. Though they were fighting the same fire, they were far away from each other, on different sides of a mountain.

My studied analysis of the situation: California's wildfires were too big this year. In the future, we should have smaller fires. Thank you for your consideration.