Ominous
Enjoyed my extra hour of sleep and woke up to gray skies. Went outside and noticed that the gray sky isn't from a lingering marine layer, but from a thick haze of smoke coming in from the east. Smell of smoke was in the air, and the sun was reduced to a dull, orange blob. The wind was whipping up and it felt like an unnatural wind, air being sucked into some distant flames. Turned on the TV and found out that the flames weren't so distant after all. It started in Ramona, on the edge of the North County suburbs, and had been burning all night. Vicious Santa Ana winds had already whipped up huge fires in Los Angeles. Now the strong, dry winds were blowing the flames south and west... hey that's right up my alley. Turn on the TV and see reporters stationed on Miramar Blvd and I-15. That's really not far from where I am. Close the windows and turn the air purifier up on high.
Start packing a few things when the fire reached south to Highway 52 and still creeping west, too. The reporters bailed out at I-15 and headed west. There were talks of a final stand at I-805. Some nice houses are going up in flames. I-15 is basically all off-limits from I-8 to Highway 56. 52 is closed at 805, which I pass by practically every week. Basically, if the fire hops west past the 805, I am outta here.
Posted by mikewang on 12:55 PM
