Nov 17 2008
California Fires
The air quality here in Brea sucks right now. Luckily, I do not live where the fires ravaged the hill side along with the homes that sat upon the ridge. I live in a concrete jungle so I’m a happy camper. When I woke up yesterday about 11 am I saw this huge black cloud of smoke coming from what seemed to be the trash dump. I couldn’t be sure because where my house is situated my view is blocked by an apartment complex. When I hit Imperial Hwy I could see the flames which were racing through the hillside and thought of my friend who lives up there.
Up there is a new million dollar home complex that has beautiful views of Brea, Placentia and Anaheim. Comical it is now; about a week ago I got into an argument with my friend about the dry bush on the hillside below. He said helicopters would take care of it. Well fortunately, his house did make it with only minor damage but his neighbors were not so lucky.
I have been in a couple of fires here in California but this “Complex Fire” as it’s being called came closer to home then ever before. To actually see red ambers falling from the skies along with 2 cm ash is diffidently a site I do not want to see again.
