Storm watch

Posted in Observations,Personal — by Don on 10/22/07

For reals this time. Most firestorms, but wind too.

The wind really kicked up yesterday. 40-80mph gusts. Of course the fires followed shortly after. Currently there are about 15 major wildfires in Southern California. None of them near me. Nobody I know has had any problems yet although one person was evacuated. My fingers will stay crossed that nothing bad happens.

The sky is currently nothing but smoke and dust. It’s raining dirt just about everyone. Smokey dirt. So everything smells like a campfire. And dirt. Ugh.

The wind is supposed to die down tonight. Hopefully it will. It would be nice if half the state didn’t catch fire again like it did in ’03. I would also like to get some sleep!


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(7) comments
  • Chuck

    Earlier on the CHP traffic page: 5:44AM SR-74 (ORTEGA) INFO – ESCORTS IN BOTH DIRECTION DUE TO NUMEROUS ROCK SLIDES UFN – DELAYS EXPECTED

  • http://jwiltshire.org Josh

    Ack! Firestorms? F that. We just have to deal with the water kind.

  • db

    @Chuck…got stuck in that today. For over an hour. Ugh.

  • Chuck

    Do you think the wind is causing the rock slides?

  • http://guapacha.com paaul

    Drove over I-8 to San Diego this morning, thought the MINI would take off the winds were so high over the pass. All the trucks were stuck, road signs had been blown over (including at least 5 emergency phone posts) and I had to dodge some tumbleweed the size of wheels. Lots of smoke both sides of the road, not nice at all.

  • http://cjupin.com cj

    hey, i’m not very good at geography….you doing alright? It’s amazing to see how fema is reacting to this versus the katrina debacle. i’m sure the governator is taking good care of california, too. at any rate, be careful!

    p.s. i’m drinking red wine, so, random comments are forthcoming.

  • db

    Yea, everything is good here. The closest is one of the San Diego Co. fires, but those are still 20-30 miles (as the crow flies) away.

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