I live at the southern edge of what is called the most primitive wilderness area in North America, the Sespe Wilderness. Its not possible to fight fires in the Sespe because it is so primitive (no roads). The fire fighters have to wait until the fire moves closer to the cities, until then it just burns. Last summer there was a fire in the Sespe that lasted about a month and a half. You would think there's nothing left to burn, but there's a new fire burning today north east of my home, we were just given an evacuation notice.
The sky is full of smoke, the air smells like a camp fire, its hard to breathe outdoors. The outdoors has an orange hue to it, like looking through amber glasses. The sun is just a little orange ball in the sky, the ground would be covered with ashes if it weren't for the high winds blowing the ashes away.
The folks over in Malibu have it worse, I hope all of our friends on the PI Forums and the POCA Mail List are OK.
George
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