Riding home on the bus, I saw some stuff on the horizon and I thought, boy that looks like smoke.  Like big smoke.  And yeah it is.  The wind is blowing in this direction so it's pretty much on top of us now.  I can smell it in the house.  The sun is yellow again.  And the air is actually hazy ( Read more... )

Just as I was going to bed, I was laying awake because that's when story and rp thoughts come to me.  Which is a little annoying when I have to get up in the morning, but for summer it's ok.  Anyway.  I saw some dim flashes and I thought it was the neighbors or something, so I looked out the window and instead it was lightning ( Read more... )

First of all, I got to see the stars tonight!!!  It's been so long.  But they were there again.  I might have to spend some time later getting reaquainted.  I missed the stars.  The sun isn't as big of a deal to me to be honest, I kind of like it when it's overcast more than when it's sunny.  But I need the stars.

The fire(s) are over half ( Read more... )

It wasn't raining ashes today, thankfully, but it was more smokey than usual.  It's been worse, but it's still.. ugh.  The house was completely smokey when I woke up, and it's hot today... it's gross.

First of all.  Dog.


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I can't see the stars tonight. 

I got a job housesitting/watering plants for a friend.  It's not really a job job, but at least it's some extra cash.

So for the 3rd and 4th of this month, it was actually clear, there was no smoke, and now it's back.  It came back in slowly, like one day you could smell it, and the next day it was like a haze and there was blue sky and everything ( Read more... )

The smoke is almost gone today.  I can see the sky for the first time since last sunday ( Read more... )

Last saturday, walking home from the movie theatre in the like 100 degree weather, I observed a lightning storm over the foothills.  Driving home with dad from dinner the same night, I observed smoke (which dad tried to tell me was rain, but I'm sorry, I'm not stupid and I know the difference between rain and smoke, he just has to be right all the ( Read more... )

The fire is pretty much out, the latest report I saw said it was 90% contained.  For those who have never lived in a wild fire area, they don't really get put out like building fires, they get contained, and then they burn out on their own.  Some wild fires are actually really good and natural, because it burns through the old grasses and stuff and ( Read more... )

So there's three or four other big fires in California.  Ours is getting pretty bad, the news was saying that 9,000 people were evacuated from the town to the northwest, Paradise.  We know quite a few people in Paradise, so that's scary, but so far they've kept it away from the city.  The news also said over 20,000 acres have burned including some ( Read more... )