Originally Posted By alexbook There's a fire going on in the Cleveland National Forest, several miles east of DLR. Here's a link: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-020606fire_lat,0,7980357.story?coll=la-home-local" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/lo cal/la-020606fire_lat,0,7980357.story?coll=la-home-local</a> Where I am now, about a mile east of DLR, there are fine particles of ash falling like a gentle rain. Pretty scary.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut right here by the character warehouse and my car is covered in ash. Also they have evacuated 1 elementary school and might do others. Hope everyone is safe. Its getting more and more into Western OC.
Originally Posted By cmpaley No ash in Downtown Los Angeles but the sunlight is coming through orange and there's a big dark brown smoke plume overhead.
Originally Posted By alexbook The smoke plume is looking less dark than it was. Maybe it's out? This seems like a really stupid question, but somebody has to ask it: Does anybody know if this will affect DLR operations today?
Originally Posted By seanyoda I was amazed at how quickly it went from foggy to smokey... look at the humidity graph here... <a href="http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesonet/getobext.php?wfo=sgx&sid=FUL&num=48" target="_blank">http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesone t/getobext.php?wfo=sgx&sid=FUL&num=48</a> Humidity dropped from 86% to 16% in one hour.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<The smoke plume is looking less dark than it was. Maybe it's out?>> It looks like it is moving more inland. It was off to the side of my building earlier but now it is more overhead and even more north.
Originally Posted By alexbook KFWB-AM says the fire is confined to the national forest, which is miles and miles from here, but I'm starting to get a little freaked out. I can see ash blowing past my window, and I just stepped outside for a minute and I could smell burning wood.
Originally Posted By Dave >>>KFWB-AM says the fire is confined to the national forest, which is miles and miles from here<<< It's actually in the mountains just east of Anaheim.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Yep. It's out east and south of the Featherly Park area if I'm remembering my geography right.
Originally Posted By alexbook So, I'm sitting here trying to convince myself that any difficulty I'm having in breathing is more likely to be from panic than from actual smoke in the air, and I look out the window and there are the all the smokers from the next building having their usual mass cigarette break.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut lol. No need to panic. It wont get that far. The winds have begun to die down. Hopefully will be contained by tonight.
Originally Posted By idleHands So... homes in eastern Anaheim Hills have been evacuated. And the winds have picked up again, and will worsen around midnight. The fire is now threatening to jump Hwy 241. This fire is far from done.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I saw the huge plume of smoke before I heard anything about the fire. That was this morning. It was clearly visible from Irvine (south of Anaheim), but no ash fallout.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ They evacuated the kids from the elementary schools to my old high school!
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I had a tradition back when I lived in OC where I would drive up to the top of Saddleback Mountain every New Year's Day, and I was always shocked how little you had to drive out of Anaheim and suddenly be in the mountains (such as they were). So I can completely believe ash filling the air and plumes of smoke. Scary. Stay out of the bad air, people.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I had a tradition back when I lived in OC where I would drive up to the top of Saddleback Mountain every New Year's Day, and I was always shocked how little you had to drive out of Anaheim and suddenly be in the mountains (such as they were). So I can completely believe ash filling the air and plumes of smoke. Scary. Stay out of the bad air, people.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I had ash on my car when I took Lisa to dinner in Buena Park tonight....
Originally Posted By CoasterKrayzie I was driving to Ventura County, from Santa Clarita around lunch, I hadn't heard about it yet and there was a lot of smoke over Thousand Oaks i thought there was a fire there i cause the smoke traveled far
Originally Posted By Ursula My car was covered in ash this morning. I live in Marina del Rey!!! Holy cow, there must be tons of ash in the air for it to travel THAT far.
