The red arrow above points to the fire nearest our foothill ranch. Right now the sky is brown with smoke here at the house. The “clouds” shown in this weather satellite photo, except for the fog off the coast, are smoke from what is now reported to be 831 wildfires, an all-time record. The Saturday lightning storm gave us 5,000 to 6,000 strikes and produced a disaster that will keep the Governator up all night. Governor Schwarzenegger will probably declare a disaster and has already asked for help from neighboring Oregon and Nevada. (Does barren desert Nevada have things that burn?) (Can anything in super-rain-soaked Oregon burn?) (Why would either state have even one fire engine?) (Oh, right, I forgot—cigarettes in sofas.)I hope they can help with whatever they have since we are overwhelmed. Parts of the Mariposa area and north of Ahwahnee are being evacuated.
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Ah, yes. I remember the joys of coming home to a cloud of smoke on the horizon from our years in Ahwahnee.
At least we don't have to worry about that any more - we've moved to San Diego! Uh, what was that? Fires in San Diego? Really?
Hope nothing even gets close to you...
Thanks Jeff. You spent a lot of time in the Seattle area where you have to use desiccant to breathe so you don’t drown in your own inhalations. Our foothill place is part of the 42,000-acre Harlow Fire of 1961. We’re overdue for a trimming. As long as it doesn’t toast my 24" iMac!
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