Friends,
Above is a NASA photo from yesterday (click to go to NASA’s site) showing the plumes of smoke from the fires. If you look at the little red dot indicating Lake Arrowhead, I think that was the smoke I saw tumbling into the Hemet valley last evening. If you look at the other dot depicting Fallbrook, that would be the glow I saw over the hill during my drive to work this morning.
My house in the heart of Fire Danger Central has been offered up to San Diegans as an evacuation center (!). A move which is sure to peg the Irony Meter. No?
– bob
UPDATE: This is an updated picture from NASA showing how the smoke has really started to swirl since the winds have died down. Folks down in the Festival of Dirt are starting to get a sampling of what everyone in San Diego and Los Angeles have had to breathe since Monday. Maybe the snowbirds will toss a couple more Loonies towards the Red Cross now that it’s affecting them too…
