October 27, 2003
Less Fire
It doesn't look like the fire is going to get west of the 805, thank goodness. So I can unpack my Magic cards, the collectible DVD boxsets, and the desert island CDs. Oh, and the extra underwear, too. Still plenty of burning going on in east-county, though, and the sky turned from blue to gray in a hurry as the wind started to blow smoke in our direction with the sunrise. Actually called uncle in Diamond Bar to see about going up there to get away from the icky air for a day or two (all the schools and unis are shut down anyway), but they're getting a lot of smoke and ash, too, since they're almost directly downwind of the fires in the San Gabriel mountains. So it's back to the wet washtowel over the face and air purifier running 24/7. Good time to clean out the Tivo, anyway. I'm getting tired of avoiding ads on CBS just so I wouldn't catch a Survivor spoiler in the promos.