Fire update: Containment now to 30% and fire crews are getting the upper hand. Acreage burned is 7,000. Freeways opened and all mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been lifted. A total of three structures have been lost (2 structures were on one property) and four non-life-threatening injuries of firefighters have been sustained (dehydration, exhaustion, etc.)
Some news reports state that this is the 'worst' fire in LA history: but like all newsy-news reports, *terms and conditions may apply. Whether they are basing this on firefighter involvement (1,061 personnel assigned), or just fires in LA county, or just in terms of acreage burned (vs. structures burned and/or lives lost) is not made clear. As it wouldn't be. The point isn't to impart information, it's to get ooh-aws and oh-nos and have you stick around through the commercial break.
Seriously though, although I prefer guaranteed primary sources like the LA Fire Department Alerts page, I do try not to base all my info on a single source unless it is the only source. However, one of the news websites (which I will leave unnamed) was so ad heavy it crashed my browser this morning. I hadn't even had my coffee yet.
I mean, it's not like we're trying to get the facts on a potentially life threatening fire here. So by all means, show me the unprompted, half screen shoe advertisement video pop-up first. Maybe I'll pick up a pair on my way to the evac center. For fucks's sake.
But, Day, tell us how you really feel.
Media rants aside, a cool thing happened last night -- it rained!
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| Can you see it, can you see it! yeah i can't really either. But I swear it's a puddle. |
Ya know, in case that was your morning.
And though we did get rain and it was super awesome, unfortunately it didn't rain on the area that was burning. At least as far as I can gather from friends living near the burn zone. But this makes two rains in five weeks, that's pretty astounding for our summer weather. I'll take it.
Admittedly, it was a little odd to be under fire watch, heat advisory, and a flash flood warning all at the same time. I kept thinking to myself: Fire, air, water... we're missing one.
Whatever you do, don't say it. Cuss all you want, but don't ever state the nature of the 'the big one.' LA is not a superstitious town really, except in this one way. Want to not make friends in LA? Go to a bar and say the ten letter word that starts with e- and rhymes with shmurthshmake. I dare you.
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More coming later this week, and much more vegetable oriented content. Until then, I look forward to checking out everyone else's hauls for Harvest Monday.
Happy Planting!
Ah, the state of today's 'information' services, which makes me think of the picture of a huge bulldozer pushing garbage around at the landfill, with a cloud of seagulls in its wake. Fire watches and flash flood warning at the same time? Must be a 500 year event, like massive floods in Houston.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I try not to bitch too much, but sometimes I can't help it. As for flooding, our ground is so dry that the second a cloud so much as sneezes on us, flash flood warnings pretty much go into effect everywhere. There's also so much pavement, roofs, etc., in the metro area that the water doesn't really have anywhere to go. Not quite a 500 year event, but I swear the weather here is either all or nothing, no middle ground xD
DeleteOh man...Fire Season is always rough, but this year...these past few weeks...have been such a doozie! I live in the high desert southwest so fire is our biggest natural disaster we worry about (yes, we are extremely lucky that way). Hoping for rain (but not floods) for everyone in Fire Country!
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