It's Officially Snowing In SoCal

[nbcrusader]

Snowing ash, that is. Wild fires over 50 miles away have turned the sky orange and there is ash floating in the air.

 

[ABEL]

that can't be healthy to breathe

 

[nbcrusader]

My kids wanted to go to the park. I had to be the mean dad and say to that idea.

 

[ABEL]

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

I was gonna say......it's still 100 degrees here lol.

It's disgusting and smokey here in southern riverside county too. The sky is brown and it looks overcast and smells like an ashtray. It's been this way for days I think most of my pollution is from the Camp Pendleton and San Bernardino fires. It's not raining ash here cause there are no fires close enough.....yet

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

sections of the I-15 are shut down cause the smoke is so thick that you can't see. Yay for santa ana winds

 

[Laura M]

nbc I dunno why I thought this but I only thought you had one child

Snowing Ash

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

maybe if you get enough ash you can make some snowmen or something

 

[cell]

i wake up to ashes on my car every morning now

 

[zoney!]

I am going to send Icelle a snow removing brush

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

Now I'm glad that I haven't washed my car

 

[adamswildhoney]

*is snow ash free up in Redding

 

[bonosloveslave]

Yeah, that gook is not good to be breathing - all you Cali people stay safe

 

[zoney!]

I am going to knit a pair of gloves for BLS for christmas

 

[bonosloveslave]

Moi?!?!?!?

zoney

Wait - you knit?

 

[verte76]

Ugh! Don't breathe that junk!!

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

ok, i'll hold my breath from now on

 

[nbcrusader]

nbc I dunno why I thought this but I only thought you had one child

Snowing Ash

I probably talk about my son (age 8) more often than my daughter (age 3). I took my daughter out on a couple of errands and lunch at Wendy's (Frosty's = ).

 

[BAW]

I made the mistake of opening my bathroom window this morning after I cleaned it and within an hour, it was coated with ash

I've got the house closed up and the AC on.

I took these pictures today when the smoke and haze was almost completely blocking the sun.

ashes on my bbq cover

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

wow the one in San Bernardino is really out of control. It's moving in two directions and is 15 miles long with 0% of it under control due to 50+mph winds. It's reached subdivisions with over 50 homes destroyed so far

 

[beegee]

where are the fires exactly?
i've been hearing they are in fontana.

 

[Angela Harlem]

Be careful SoCal people.

 

[verte76]

Damn! That thing looks truly nasty!!! Horrors!

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

There are three main ones right now. One in the san bernardino area, one in the rancho cuchamonga/ontario are, and one a mile from magic mountain near the 5. I know that there was one in Fontana, I don't know if it's out or not. There was near Camp Pedleton (near Oceanside), I think that one is out or at least under control. There was also on in Burbank a few days ago, but I don't think it got very big. There was another one by Perris/Moreno Valley too I think.

 

[BAW]

where are the fires exactly?
i've been hearing they are in fontana.

I think they're in Rancho Cucamonga and Lytle Creek.

 

[martha]

And Piru up near Ventura.

It was really foggy where I am this morning. Ashy fog. That was weird.

 

[Mr. BAW]

wow the one in San Bernardino is really out of control. It's moving in two directions and is 15 miles long with 0% of it under control due to 50+mph winds. It's reached subdivisions with over 50 homes destroyed so far

I played golf today just a few miles north of ILUVLARRYMULLEN - the cloud cover was replaced by smoke and ash...tough to breathe and then the Santa Ana winds couldn't make up its mind, east/west and south breezes..

My car was parked in Anaheim Hills because I had car-pooled; it look like it had 1/4" ash all over it....bad stuff that ash..

 

[zoney!]

how about a matching pair of socks?

Moi?!?!?!?

zoney

Wait - you knit?

Only for you!

 

[Amigone]

It was hazy like that (though not as bad) for a good chunk of the summer in my city. The sun was a ball of orange, and there were a few days of ash. Very bad for asthmatics.

 

[nbcrusader]

Boy did the Santa Ana winds kick up last night. About 3:00 am I could hear the wind roaring and the entire house smelled of smoke.