As a house on a hill I see a lot. Right now, my usual view is clouded. By smoke. From several nearby fires. I'm safe, though. No embers flying this way. (Knock on myself.)
I do feel so sorry for those houses that have been destroyed by these fires. And I want to send a shout out to every house's hero: The Firefighters who risk their lives to save us.
The Sylmar fire caught my attention right away as I had a perfect view when it flared up on Friday night around 10:30 PM. It looked so close as thought it could have been Burbank burning. I saw it before it even hit the news. My owner snapped a photo. It's not the greatest. But you can get a sense of it. The flames were quite pronounced at the start before the smoke clouded the sky.
The second photo- the view of the smoke- was taken this morning from my roof. Needless to say, all my doors and windows are closed. Nobody's breathing too easily in L.A. today.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Smoke gets in my eyes (My view of the L.A. fires)
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L.A. fires,
Sylmar fire
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So sad... The air was just awful Friday night and Saturday; it gave me a bad headache. When I tried to let Benito out yesterday morning he sniffed the air and ran back inside... not a good sign at all. Seems significantly better today though.
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