Holy Smokes
See all that smoke above the mountains? That is basically right. in. our. backyard. This photo was taken yesterday as we were leaving town for the beach. We were quite impressed with the amount of smoke and could even see the plume over in Huntington Beach. I read online that it can be seen in San Diego too.
This morning I woke up early because my throat was scratchy and I felt like I was having a hard time breathing. It took me a few seconds to realize that it was completely smoky in the house. Ugh. I looked out the window and it was completely gray. Quiet and gray. All the birds flew away because they know that even though it looks like fog, it isn’t. I’m not sure what kind of weather conditions changed, if it had to do with wind or pressure, but something happened to cause a ton of that smoke to settle on our neighborhood.
I looked over at Matt, who was sleeping soundly, and tried to decide what to do. Surely it’s not good to be inhaling all that smoke. It sure didn’t feel good. One might think closing the windows would be a good move but closing them creates a whole new issue as we don’t have air conditioning and it’s 100 degrees outside.
After a few minutes I decided to passively wake my hubby up by opening the curtains. It took him a few minutes but he finally woke up and was surprised by all the smoke too. Haha. We closed the windows and got ready to leave the house. I read that there is danger of looting, since so many people are clearing out, but I figure we don’t have that awful much to steal. TV’s can be re-bought… big deal. I would just hope they don’t trash the place.
Anyway, we be chillin’ here and there around Pasadena until we go home tonight. The skies are looking bluer, so I think the smoke is moving on. I still feel kinda crappy but I’m looking forward to going back to our hot, smoky hiz-ouse!
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