Unless you've been in a coma, you have probably heard about the madness which is fire season that we're currently in here in southern California. (You know, the season that comes between summer and rain?) Well, while this is the closest we have ever been to any of these fires, we're still not close to being in danger. The closest fire is in Brea, which is two cities away, or about 7 - 8 miles. However, that is close enough to have a great view of the smoke going over us and to get a layer of ash everywhere. Needless to say, the kids have not played outside for a couple of days now. Courtney and I were fortunate enough to be able to go to the Daddy Day Luau at her preschool on Saturday before the Complex Fire blew up (so to speak). It was extremely windy, blowing stuff (signs, posters, crafts, etc.) all over the place and there was only a small smoke cloud off in the distance, much less than later as you'll see below. Anyway, here are a few pictures I took of the view we had of the fires, or actually the smoke and resulting ash. Hope you enjoy. Keep those affected by the fires in your prayers.
These are pictures taken Saturday afternoon from our front yard in Whittier:
Looking southeast: the smoke following the flow of the Santa Ana winds to the west/southwest.
Looking east towards the origin of the fires.
This one and the next three are looking at the sun as it is obscured by the thick smoke. (None of them are using any zoom.)
The following pictures were taken this morning (Sunday):
The glowing sun about 7:00 this morning.
You can see some ash in the street.
The ash on our van.
And finally, the ash on my Jeep.
1 comment:
That's just ugly. Yuck! :(
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