At work yesterday, I turned to look towards a darkened doorway and noticed small white particles floating towards the ground. There already has been a layer of soot coating everything due to the fires. There has been no blue sky. Only brown smoky skies that obscure the sun and make the shadows an odd color. But this white stuff was new. It was ash. The wind had changed direction and now ash was falling. It makes you think of all the devastation going on around you. And, I feel sorry for the people who have lost their homes. This has been one of the worst seasons I can remember. I've heard evacuation numbers totaling between 500,000 and 1 million. And, with all this, there has been only one confirmed death. The nasty devil Santa Ana winds are supposed to be dying down. Hopefully, the usual cool moist air, that comes off of the ocean, will move in and help the firefighters. It would be really nice if we would get a little rain.
Posted by Valkyre at October 24, 2007 09:40 AMI hope you and your family remain out of harms way Wendy.
Posted by: Lynne at October 24, 2007 02:46 PMThanks! We're safe though. Surrounded by concrete. It's ironic that some of the most expensive real estate around here, is some of the most dangerous. Fires, landslides and floods.
Posted by: Wendy at October 31, 2007 09:36 AM