i’m on fire!

by josh on October 22nd, 2007

well, no….not really. but it seems like everything else is in southern california.

seriously, i am fine, but since there are 14 different fires burning down here, it’s not exactly comfy to breathe anything. plus, they have said the fire is moving and spreading a mile an hour. all i’ve smelled for the last 2 days was campfire. i thought i’d at least get a break by cruising down to work and the beach today…..but no. it’s so bad that even there it was nothing but smoke in the air. i think what’s killing (at least my area), is this fire out in the irvine hills. which is about 15-20 miles from me.

best part about that? was started by arson. california morons. i hope they catch and fry the fuckers.

it’s nuts all over though. 250,000 people have been evacuated from san diego alone. my boss left at noon today cause they were starting to evacuate his neighborhood in irvine……and well, all these movie star homes are in trouble in malibu…..but screw them. they should know better than to build a 10 million dollar home in fire valley.

but….just to give ya an idea. last night my power got knocked out, cause along with this crap, are rolling blackouts. i woke up to a bathtub full of dirt and ash from the wind blowing it through my window. my car? was covered in the same kinda soot.

by far though, the weirdest thing about this….is the daylight turns from a bright yellow….to a dark orange. almost to the point where it’s surreal. the sun tries to push through the smoke, but just can’t cause it’s so thick. thick like everywhere here!

and then there are the winds and the 90 degree temperatures. added on to that, the 5% humidity. which just makes things gross minus the smoke. chapped lips, dry skin, and just a constant nose of snot cause it was 70 degrees for the last 3 weeks.

ugh…..beautiful california.

here’s some pics.