Who knows some good campfire songs?

Because everywhere smells like burning.

The car is now covered in fluffy gray ash as well as the brown from yesterday. NASA TV is showing satellite pictures of the west coast instead of archival films.

I've called the DART team here at the South Bay ASPCA - so far, they haven't activated.

Last night at sundown, the sky was blue overhead - and orange fifteen degrees down from straight up, to the horizon.

This morning, the winds are back up and the skies are crystal clear again.

Here's the Google Map of the Day - wow, cutsie widdle flames. *facesmacks*

Note most of the fires are in pass areas. Anytime you see a freeway with no connections to either side, and no cities to either side? Only reason is because they can't build because there are big friggin' MOUNTAINS on either side. Trust me.

I really have to feel for the folks in Santa Clarita - not two weeks ago, they had to close the one freeway that fed that area (the 5) when the one tunnel was blocked by FLAMING DEATH a semi-truck pileup that killed a number of people. They are NOT the lucky ones, no matter what they'd like to tell you.

Go open that map. I'll tell you where I am.

See the cities of Santa Monica and Inglewood on the map? Where that last "D" in Inglewood is? Move your pin below it. That's work. Right on the ocean, yup.

Now - trace the 405 down to it. It intersects a freeway drawn straight down, north to south, just above the word "Long Beach." (That's the 110, BTW.) That's home. Finding Jim's work is harder, because it is not near any identifying marks...think just a bit south of Whittier and a tad west.

We are verily surrounded. But not in any danger.

I am also vastly amused that Hemet is visible, but Manhattan Beach is not.

Who knows some good campfire songs?

Because everywhere smells like burning.

The car is now covered in fluffy gray ash as well as the brown from yesterday. NASA TV is showing satellite pictures of the west coast instead of archival films.

I've called the DART team here at the South Bay ASPCA - so far, they haven't activated.

Last night at sundown, the sky was blue overhead - and orange fifteen degrees down from straight up, to the horizon.

This morning, the winds are back up and the skies are crystal clear again.

Here's the Google Map of the Day - wow, cutsie widdle flames. *facesmacks*

Note most of the fires are in pass areas. Anytime you see a freeway with no connections to either side, and no cities to either side? Only reason is because they can't build because there are big friggin' MOUNTAINS on either side. Trust me.

I really have to feel for the folks in Santa Clarita - not two weeks ago, they had to close the one freeway that fed that area (the 5) when the one tunnel was blocked by FLAMING DEATH a semi-truck pileup that killed a number of people. They are NOT the lucky ones, no matter what they'd like to tell you.

Go open that map. I'll tell you where I am.

See the cities of Santa Monica and Inglewood on the map? Where that last "D" in Inglewood is? Move your pin below it. That's work. Right on the ocean, yup.

Now - trace the 405 down to it. It intersects a freeway drawn straight down, north to south, just above the word "Long Beach." (That's the 110, BTW.) That's home. Finding Jim's work is harder, because it is not near any identifying marks...think just a bit south of Whittier and a tad west.

We are verily surrounded. But not in any danger.

I am also vastly amused that Hemet is visible, but Manhattan Beach is not.

Who knows some good campfire songs?

Because everywhere smells like burning.

The car is now covered in fluffy gray ash as well as the brown from yesterday. NASA TV is showing satellite pictures of the west coast instead of archival films.

I've called the DART team here at the South Bay ASPCA - so far, they haven't activated.

Last night at sundown, the sky was blue overhead - and orange fifteen degrees down from straight up, to the horizon.

This morning, the winds are back up and the skies are crystal clear again.

Here's the Google Map of the Day - wow, cutsie widdle flames. *facesmacks*

Note most of the fires are in pass areas. Anytime you see a freeway with no connections to either side, and no cities to either side? Only reason is because they can't build because there are big friggin' MOUNTAINS on either side. Trust me.

I really have to feel for the folks in Santa Clarita - not two weeks ago, they had to close the one freeway that fed that area (the 5) when the one tunnel was blocked by FLAMING DEATH a semi-truck pileup that killed a number of people. They are NOT the lucky ones, no matter what they'd like to tell you.

Go open that map. I'll tell you where I am.

See the cities of Santa Monica and Inglewood on the map? Where that last "D" in Inglewood is? Move your pin below it. That's work. Right on the ocean, yup.

Now - trace the 405 down to it. It intersects a freeway drawn straight down, north to south, just above the word "Long Beach." (That's the 110, BTW.) That's home. Finding Jim's work is harder, because it is not near any identifying marks...think just a bit south of Whittier and a tad west.

We are verily surrounded. But not in any danger.

I am also vastly amused that Hemet is visible, but Manhattan Beach is not.

SWEET

Go refresh that map I just posted.

Some of the fires are now marked "contained" with itty bitty GREEN fires.

The surreal...is much amusing.

SWEET

Go refresh that map I just posted.

Some of the fires are now marked "contained" with itty bitty GREEN fires.

The surreal...is much amusing.

SWEET

Go refresh that map I just posted.

Some of the fires are now marked "contained" with itty bitty GREEN fires.

The surreal...is much amusing.

Yup, that's crossed my mind.

Did I Steal My Daughter? The Tribulations of Global Adoption. From the unmistakeable Mother Jones magazine's website.

This story is from a couple who adopted from Guatemala; there are significant differences in what you can expect from your experience.

But I love the voice this is written in.

And I plan to keep as much as I can get on my daughter's history as I can - I had not been aware that the China adoptions had been of abandoned children until I actually attended classes. Orphans, my butt.

Yup, that's crossed my mind.

Did I Steal My Daughter? The Tribulations of Global Adoption. From the unmistakeable Mother Jones magazine's website.

This story is from a couple who adopted from Guatemala; there are significant differences in what you can expect from your experience.

But I love the voice this is written in.

And I plan to keep as much as I can get on my daughter's history as I can - I had not been aware that the China adoptions had been of abandoned children until I actually attended classes. Orphans, my butt.

Yup, that's crossed my mind.

Did I Steal My Daughter? The Tribulations of Global Adoption. From the unmistakeable Mother Jones magazine's website.

This story is from a couple who adopted from Guatemala; there are significant differences in what you can expect from your experience.

But I love the voice this is written in.

And I plan to keep as much as I can get on my daughter's history as I can - I had not been aware that the China adoptions had been of abandoned children until I actually attended classes. Orphans, my butt.