Remember what I was saying yesterday about how deadly my area is?
Well, now there are at least two fires within breathing distance. On the way to work this morning I could see the fire to the east – then when I went to lunch there was a brand new one apparently due north.
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Friday morning we shut down the house and headed to LAX. Despite a disorganized boarding queueing procedure from Air Canada, the actual flight was not full and we ended up with an empty seat next to us. However, the flight was delayed for about a half hour due to a “maintenance procedure” that prolonged our […]
I posted a bit ago about how we’d gone back to Shaw’s Cove for the first time in five years. Part of that was because we’d visited La Jolla Shores on one day down and back trips in 2020 and 2021. Then no swimming at all anywhere in 2022 or 2023. So while it had […]
A month ago we returned to Shaw’s Cove after a 5 year drought to find out that we’d been snorkeling to the wrong side all along. A few coves south lay the Laguna Beach Marine Life Refuge, where most of the juvenile leopard sharks learn to drive. Last time all our friends cancelled on us, […]
The Tujunga Canyon fire burned west and reached the edge of Sylmar. My husband made it to work an hour late this morning from all the traffic around his building. The Sylmar UPS hub is right up against the hills next to the fire. The building was evacuated earlier in the morning because the fire was so close. One car in the parking lot had the windows rolled down. Some stray embers blew into the car through the open window and the entire car burned from the inside out.
He still worked today but will probably sleep in our house in Castaic because the 118 West is closed near Topanga. Cars were crashing on the freeway due to the lack of visibility from the smoke at the Porter Ranch fire.
wow, well you guys had a rough day, didn’t you? Sorry to hear that.
Not only did cars crash, but someone died. Who knew SoCal was such a dangerous place to live (ignoring earthquakes)?