08.30.09
Fire Update
This morning’s news claimed that some of the wildfires have been contained, but others like the one closer to our area has “tripled” in size. Ack! About a 1,000 more homes have been evacuated in places much closer to us than in previous fires–Glendale, Pasadena, and Altadena, yikes!!!! So I ran out to the front to take a look because yesterday we could see the smoke from our street. I even took a picture, and this is what it looked like yesterday from our block. The winds seemed to have been blowing in our favor as we weren’t getting smoked out as evidenced by the still visible blue sky and the Hollywood Hills sign is still visible. I circled in yellow the sign as it’s hard to see in this pic.
This morning it seems we have more smoke out in front as the sky looks more hazy at the moment, so I’m not going outside for now as I prefer not to inhale any unnecessary smoke, ugh. So far in here we don’t smell anything noticeable.
Here’s what the fire along the 10 eastbound looked like yesterday passing by downtown L.A. The tall glass building off to the right of the fire plume is the new Marriott and Ritz Carlton buildings.
The sky actually was still nice, unlike last year’s fire in Oct., which had our skies terribly brown and hazy in all directions. We were headed over to a friend’s house out in Azusa where they had a fire nearby, too, but as of this morning, that fire appears to be contained. Here’s one of this morning’s articles on the fires update for more details: SoCal Wildfires Surge in Size, Threatens Thousands. A friend of ours sent me an email this AM, too asking me what I wanted/needed to pack with me in case of evacuation. . . He said better fill up a chest for a quick grab, yikes! I know just the other day I was thinking that all I wanted was my family and my yarn, hehehe, but in actuality (and more careful thought), there really are a lot more “sentimental” things I would want to take like personal gifts and pictures. I’ve tended to think that I don’t have too many personal belongs that I’m tied to, but looking around me here I realize that I may be more materialistic than I had imagined myself to be. . . Shame on me! And speaking of “yarn,” just yesterday I heard Suss Designs was having a yarn sale. As I was driving home from the market, I saw a small crowd of ladies in front of the store waiting for it to open. . . and I had to stop. . . I held myself back from over indulging, but I did pick up a few items. Here’s what I got.
I guess this would be a little more to add to my “fire escape” chest. . . And to think that they still weren’t finished putting out all their sale items, I’m tempted to go back as I was hoping to see what they had on cones which wasn’t out yet. Since I had to go somewhere, I didn’t have time to wait around for them to put out the rest of their stuff and just escaped with these for now. If ever I get around to working the kit up, I’ll try to post on here as I think the purse design is so cute. But, that’s for another day.
Toodles for now and hope everyone is safe and healthy. Happy would be nice, too.
Marlakins
