Another fire
Nov. 14th, 2008 10:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rms10You may have heard that there's another wildfire here. Last night, around 8 p.m., we could actually see the flames from our house, and at that point they were five miles away. And now this morning, we're about a mile away from the edge of the evacuation warning zone. It's houses between here and there, not thick brush, so I'm not too worried. But worried enough that I have a mental list of things to grab if we have to boogie out of here.
The air quality sucks, although since the winds have shifted and died down, it's no longer thick smoke. And there's lots of ash everywhere. Hopefully there will be progress in containing the fire before the Santa Ana winds kick up again this afternoon.
We're watching the dogs of friends who had to evacuate. Three dogs in one small apartment -- luckily they all get along, and are the three sweetest dogs ever.
So like the last fire, I'm listening to the helicopters overhead (fire-fighting and news alike), and hitting refresh constantly on the Indy site. At least we still have power. And the cell phone network isn't entirely hosed. But oy.
The air quality sucks, although since the winds have shifted and died down, it's no longer thick smoke. And there's lots of ash everywhere. Hopefully there will be progress in containing the fire before the Santa Ana winds kick up again this afternoon.
We're watching the dogs of friends who had to evacuate. Three dogs in one small apartment -- luckily they all get along, and are the three sweetest dogs ever.
So like the last fire, I'm listening to the helicopters overhead (fire-fighting and news alike), and hitting refresh constantly on the Indy site. At least we still have power. And the cell phone network isn't entirely hosed. But oy.
