Sunday, October 21, 2007
Fire at Dusk
Today the Santa Ana winds came on with a fury for the first time this season. These are east to west winds that blow down the Santa Ana River valley in Orange County. The winds gust up to 50 MPH (100 MPH in the mountains) and are accompained by relative humidity in the single digits. The Malibu Canyon fire started at about 5:30 this morning, reportedly started by a high tension power line being blown down by the winds. Late this afternoon a fire started near Orange and is reported to be headed towards Irvine. Fortunately, I live in a very urban part of Irvine with little in the way of open space forest. Here are some pictures taken from my street.
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Luckily,you can look forward to fires and mudslides each year. We get to face hurricanes and sometimes tornadoes. At least it's something to talk about at your local grocery store with your unknown neighbors!
That's a lot of smoke!
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