california fires take 2

I am pretty sure no one reads this ... especially my instructors. (tell me if you do, anyone can coment), but I am alive. Amidst the worst fires in California history I have managed to escape with out any damage besides a runny nose, and some crazy alergies to smoke and ash. It has been crazy here. A few nights ago I watched the SC hills glow with fire not even 10 miles from my house. Most of the editorial staff at the magazine live south, and were under evacuation orders. It was a tense time in the office. About half the staff were missing, while the remaining spent thier hours at the office on the phone to friends and family making sure all is well.

Rather than posting posting pictures of the raging fires (which I couldn't get close too) I though I should post some of the amazing landscapes the smoke produced.


this is from my balcony the day after the fires started to subsided. It was the smokiest day we have had thus far. All day was like the first light on a winter morning. It produced the most incredible orange light. It was undescribable, like noon as dark as midnight.


This is from the peir just blocks from my house. I was sent home early from work and after a short nap on the couch I woke to the most incredible sky I have ever seen. This picture can not do it justice.

It looks like the fires are under controll ... I have a feeling that this place will have a different atmosphere from now on.