Good luck, Stephanie.
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
As of 9m ago, twitter says 2000 acres, 0% contained. I signed up for reverse 911 calling just in case.
Yikes, Stephanie, stay safe! Twitter and reverse 911 services are such a boon for stuff like that.
Inciweb is my favorite resource for general overview info of the specific fires. Last year we had some really good local coverage for ours, but Inciweb has everything.
And a new fire this evening, on the other side of the valley from the previous one. it's gonna be a fun summer.
Liese, we used that last year for the Conchas fire in NM near my parents. It was a huge help. I actually had a FB friend send me a really detailed map. He works for FEMA or Northcom or something.
I work in the other direction now, but the fires recently seemed to not affect the city as much. When Simi Valley was on fire (yeah, when I went out and looked in two direction at burning horizon I just went home. That's not even a discussion I felt I needed to have with my boss.) the fires ran high hot and close enough that there was ash in West LA. And there were similar fires one of the last times my father came out here, but thankfully not so bad since.
Oof, Stephanie, hope things are okay.
I'm sitting on the front patio of our new place. I just watched the sky turn from mauve to pink to indigo. The weather is amazing. I could be drinking sparkling wine (which is what I did last night).
Any and all LAistas who want to come over and have some food and watch the sky with me tomorrow are welcome. The wifi, of course, reaches out here.
I won't even make you unpack boxes or build a bed.
The fires where we live now have been bad really bad the last couple of years. Was it last year that it almost burnt Tujunga down? One of the houses we offered on would have been a fire risk if the Verdugos burned. Which they do on occasion.
Wow. Was the wind angled away from Santa Monica? There wasn't any residue down here.