Oh no!! Here we go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just before we went to bed last night, we heard another fire had started near to where we live. A couple days ago a big fire began in the Montecito/Santa Barbara area. We live more than 60 miles from Santa Barbara and while we are concerned about our neighbors to the north, it really gets scary when it's close! So we got up this morning and the sky looks like soup - thick, greyish brown. You ALWAYS know the fire is bad when you see the sky look like this. I turned on TV and YIKES!!!!! There is a really bad fire in Sylmar which is about 7 miles from our house. The mayor of Los Angeles is giving a news conference now and he is telling us the following:
*More than 2500 acres have burned since last night
*There are 70 PMH winds
*More than 600 firefighters have been deployed
*I-5 (the main north-south interstate from San Diego to Canada) is shut down by the fire --- ugh - more traffic headaches!
*Dozens of structures destroyed
*Power lines are in danger and they may have to begin rolling blackouts to conserve power.
Very scary! So J is telling us we need to stay inside (no chasing squirrels for me today) because the air quality is really bad. And we need to conserve power - no washing machines, extra lights on etc. So, we are going to stay put, keep an eye out and hope that they can start to contain the fire really, really soon. Rosie & Angus
Oh no!! Here we go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just before we went to bed last night, we heard another fire had started near to where we live. A couple days ago a big fire began in the Montecito/Santa Barbara area. We live more than 60 miles from Santa Barbara and while we are concerned about our neighbors to the north, it really gets scary when it's close! So we got up this morning and the sky looks like soup - thick, greyish brown. You ALWAYS know the fire is bad when you see the sky look like this. I turned on TV and YIKES!!!!! There is a really bad fire in Sylmar which is about 7 miles from our house. The mayor of Los Angeles is giving a news conference now and he is telling us the following:
*More than 2500 acres have burned since last night
*There are 70 PMH winds
*More than 600 firefighters have been deployed
*I-5 (the main north-south interstate from San Diego to Canada) is shut down by the fire --- ugh - more traffic headaches!
*Dozens of structures destroyed
*Power lines are in danger and they may have to begin rolling blackouts to conserve power.
Very scary! So J is telling us we need to stay inside (no chasing squirrels for me today) because the air quality is really bad. And we need to conserve power - no washing machines, extra lights on etc. So, we are going to stay put, keep an eye out and hope that they can start to contain the fire really, really soon. Rosie & Angus
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