I was asked to be on the BBC "World Have Your Say" radio segment, but I responded minutes too late to be on the show. Poop.

So while I suffered this minor defeat, I found a forum on their website where some of the stupidest comments where being thrown around concerning the fires.

• We'll get aid and FEMA and Bush sooner than Katrina because we're " ( Read more... )

By KPBS: a google map mock-up of all pertinent fire info! Fantastic! They need to get the word out on this because the U-T and MSN have crap by comparison ( Read more... )

For fuck's sake people, drive with your windows up! Recycle the air, put A/C on, and keep the windows up. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh: you don't want to breathe this shit in. You can see the ash falling and there are more than six times the normal amounts of pollution in the air.

The air is thick with smoke and ash. My mother had told me about the fires yesterday, but fires aren't that rare, and I didn't think much of it. A few hours later, I left my house and the air was dirty and sooty. Aaron and I drove to Escondido for dinner and Rancho Bernardo was so awful: thick, dirty, it looked like dense brown fog. This ( Read more... )