I don't know if it is because of inhaling the dirty air from the fires all around us, or if it I am starting to come down with something. But, my sinuses are congested and my throat is starting to get sore. I could see where the air is getting people sick though. Mike and I had to go down to San Pedro this last Sunday. San Pedro is an ocean port town and the air was even worse down there.
Today, a firefighter died fighting one of the many blazes here in California. The toll so far: 10 fires burn in an arc that stretched from Ventura County down into Mexico. The cost so far? More than 2400 homes burned with estimated losses exceeding 2 billions dollars. Overall, the fires have burned over 634,000 acres, more than twice the size of the city of Los Angeles. Arson is suspected in 4 of the fires. I hope they catch those assholes.
Posted by Valkyre at October 29, 2003 09:30 PM