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As LA burns

Well if you happen to be living on another planet, or are more interested in the goings on at the G20 economic summit in Washington, I thought I'd let you know, LA is on fire (well at least the areas immediately surrounding LA). I've never experienced anything quite like this during my 26 years living in California.

The fires are so bad, the smell of smoke 45 miles to the north, and 30 miles to the east, is permeating the air, and the sky is heavily overcast from all the smoke and ash.

Even worse, hundreds of homes are burning, numerous freeways are  closed, and the fires are threatening electrical power lines [and I think I even heard some electrical power plants] around LA.

WOW! It's even difficult breathing outside, and we're a long way from the fires. I can't even imagine what it must be like closer to the fires.

I doubt there'll be many people riding their bikes on the road for at least the next day or two. Although I wasn't planning on riding this weekend, because my back is acting up again, at least now I've got a really good excuse.
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Becky said…
The air quality around here is really bad. Montecio is the closest fire to us and the sky today had the erie glow about it. You can always tell when it's winter in CA by the fires.

Hopefully we won't break last years record in evacuees.

And WHY must they report every time the wind blows? It's not like a freakin hurricane warning. It just notifies the pyros.

I can tell when it's reaining when my dog is wet and I can tell the wind is blowing when my cats act crazy (crazier) than usual.
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