That little fire that started last week became quite the problem. While no fire is a good fire out here they tend to feel as common as thunderstorms are on the east coast, but this one had perfect fire conditions for almost a week, doubling in size several times. It was then joined by several others in the L.A. area just to keep everyone on their toes. 150,000 acres and 64 homes later it finally allowed the firefighters to gain some ground and we are luckily on our way to full containment. Unfortunately it appears this one was arson, a lot of people's lives ruined because of some jerk, very sad.
Now that our lungs have all been nicely coated, we've depleted most of our wildfire budget only two months into the season, and the news crews are back to full coverage of all things Hollywood, here are some pictures and links so you can see what we see when L.A. is burning.
*As snarky as my posts may be, an honest and heartfelt kudos to our firefighters. They put their lives on the line and go above and beyond the call of duty every time. Thank you for all that you do.
Both of the above photos are smokey sunsets on the 4th or 5th day.
Click
here to see some professional pictures.
And
here to see a cool video of the smoke mushroom.
And, finally,
here to see what the fire lined mountains looked like at night.
