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Well, Photobucket is uploading properly again, for me at least. Fingers crossed that it stays that way.
Does anyone have an alternative hosting site to recommend? I've been happy with Photobucket till now -- despite the occasional minor hiccup -- and I don't really want to go to the trouble of changing if I can help it. But I'd like to know more about what options are available.
In other news, B was about to leave for work today when he noticed smoke from a fire to the east of us. I took a peek, and it looked either really big or really close. But he called from work and said he'd checked it out. It's a house fire, only a few blocks away, but surrounded by firefighters and their fire engines. (It always seems like the fire department responds with more support than they need, but I guess it's good to be sure, especially in this hot dry weather with the threat of further Santa Ana winds. Besides, if it were my house, I would of course want as much as I could get.)
I feel sad for the homeowners and residents, and hope they and their pets got out safely and that they don't lose too much. I also hope, though, that it's contained and out as soon as possible and doesn't spread. In these conditions anything could happen.
I had B show me exactly what and where the hard drive was and how to unplug it (please don't laugh at me), and I'll be keeping an eye on Missy and where she is. Just in case.
B's work is in Escondido, which is about 12.5 mi (20.2 km) east of where we live in Vista (and 17 mi, or 27.4 km, from the coast). So it's that much closer to the backcountry, with its large areas of native chaparral, which is naturally dry as a bone this time of year and really hard to get to in a lot of places. It's the kind of habitat where a fire burns like crazy and can be hell to control. Not only is it a really dangerous situation for the people who live there, but a strong Santa Ana can turn it into an inferno that jumps roads and firebreaks and rushes unchecked into populated areas.
So B will be keeping an eye on things too.
Does anyone have an alternative hosting site to recommend? I've been happy with Photobucket till now -- despite the occasional minor hiccup -- and I don't really want to go to the trouble of changing if I can help it. But I'd like to know more about what options are available.
In other news, B was about to leave for work today when he noticed smoke from a fire to the east of us. I took a peek, and it looked either really big or really close. But he called from work and said he'd checked it out. It's a house fire, only a few blocks away, but surrounded by firefighters and their fire engines. (It always seems like the fire department responds with more support than they need, but I guess it's good to be sure, especially in this hot dry weather with the threat of further Santa Ana winds. Besides, if it were my house, I would of course want as much as I could get.)
I feel sad for the homeowners and residents, and hope they and their pets got out safely and that they don't lose too much. I also hope, though, that it's contained and out as soon as possible and doesn't spread. In these conditions anything could happen.
I had B show me exactly what and where the hard drive was and how to unplug it (please don't laugh at me), and I'll be keeping an eye on Missy and where she is. Just in case.
B's work is in Escondido, which is about 12.5 mi (20.2 km) east of where we live in Vista (and 17 mi, or 27.4 km, from the coast). So it's that much closer to the backcountry, with its large areas of native chaparral, which is naturally dry as a bone this time of year and really hard to get to in a lot of places. It's the kind of habitat where a fire burns like crazy and can be hell to control. Not only is it a really dangerous situation for the people who live there, but a strong Santa Ana can turn it into an inferno that jumps roads and firebreaks and rushes unchecked into populated areas.
So B will be keeping an eye on things too.