Fire
California Wildfires
This is a contributing factor to the fires currently plaguing California:
“In 2016, then-governor Jerry Brown actually vetoed a bill that had unanimously passed the state legislature to promote the clearing of trees dangerously close to power lines. Brown’s team says this legislation was no big deal, but one progressive watchdog called the bill “neither insignificant or small.”
Ten Years Ago: Fire on Wynn Rd
Nostalgia Post from October 2009 The house across the Street from us on Wynn Rd in Pasadena burned down ten years ago. I was home and checked to be sure everyone was out of the house. I was one of the early witnesses to this fire: Fortunately no one was hurt. The firemen were amazing This is how it got started. Before the fire vehicles arrived Firemen resting on the lawn across the street At its hottest the flames were black On the garage Fire… Read More »Ten Years Ago: Fire on Wynn Rd
Station Fire Image
NASA sent a drone over the Station Fire and compiled this very cool map showing the extent of the fire: Want more details? Go to the NASA site. Your tax dollars at work.
Fire 3
Our neighbors who lost their home in the fire this week are doing better than expected. I think that this is because they had all three of the elements necessary to survive a tragedy. They have social capital. Meaning friends and associates that care about them as people. I had written about how important social capital is to getting old graciously but this fire has taught me how important it is to the normal tragedies of every day life. Jose and Janice had friends, family… Read More »Fire 3
Coffee and Wildfires
One of the issues with wildfires is the smoke and ash that gets everywhere. Including in your lungs. What we need is a simple product to detoxify our bodies if we have to breath smoke. That product already exists. Coffee is mostly carbon particles suspended in water. Carbon absorbs toxins and volitles. Therefore drink strong Coffee to improve your health when the air is unhealthy.
Station Fire Perspective
The most common adjectives about the Station Fire are that it is scary, destructive, wild, voracious, raging and uncontrolled. These are all true but they contain some hyperbole and not a little anthropomorphism. The San Gabriels on 8/31 from Kaiser Sunset I’d like to propose a few others adjectives that we should also be hearing. The Station fire is: normal, useful, cyclical and natural. We live in a very arid region. Fires were a natural part of the environmental cycle long before humans arrived here. … Read More »Station Fire Perspective
The Station Fire
If you are looking for information on the Station Fire here are a few resources you can try: My Blog about reopening the Mount Wilson Toll Road has a few pictures and my claim to prescience. The Altadena Blog has very timely information about the fire The Mt Wilson Towercam has real-time pictures of the Summit of Mt Wilson The Altadena Weather cam And the LA Times site has Maps and Photos that are only a few hours out of date We feel pretty safe… Read More »The Station Fire
Fire in Santa Anita Canyon 4
After it appeared that the fires had died down last night (See report 3) We were woken up at 3:00 am this morning by the dog barking and this scene of the fire creeping over the next ridge towards us. It appears that we are not out of danger yet. The fire is now about 2 miles from us above Auburn Street in Sierra Madre. Before we moved here we lived for a few years at the very top of Auburn Street in the current… Read More »Fire in Santa Anita Canyon 4
Fire in Santa Anita Canyon 3
The helicopters started at dawn this morning and with the wind cooperating the fire has died down substantially by 11:00 am. The helicopters flying up from the water point increase anxiety. But we were never in any real danger. This is the last puff of smoke visible to us. Fires in these hills are only really a danger when the winds are blowing hard. Yes all of the pictures in the set were taken from my backyard facing East with an Olympus Stylus Camera.