I flew out of OC at around 1pm yesterday and there were fires burning everywhere. Some of the fire lines were quite close to homes up near where these were probably taken at. Hope you are yours are safe.
Bruce -
Besides the tragedy of it all, that's a lot of natural habitat and wildlife that's going up in flames. As if we didn't have enough problems with loss of habitat and wildlife due to development ........... Now this.
- Ken
I work in the Irvine/Santa Ana area and the whole area is covered in ash. You go outside and all you can smell is smoke. This is really one of the worst fire seasons in this area in many years. Glad you posted these images!
I live in Orange Hill and work in Irvine. My area got fire the last 3 years, but fortunately the fire missed it this time. This one is the worst I've ever seen in Orange County. Thanks for sharing Bruce.
fwyflyr wrote:
Bruce -
Besides the tragedy of it all, that's a lot of natural habitat and wildlife that's going up in flames. As if we didn't have enough problems with loss of habitat and wildlife due to development ........... Now this.
- Ken
Bruce, thanks for posting these. I think the wildlife will recover fairly quickly, as it has in other areas scorched by fires, but more importantly, perhaps the magnitude of this fire will help curtail the rapid pace of development a bit.
I agree gerov, the damage from a fire is temporary but damage from development is permanent.
During the 5 hours that I was taking these pics, an entire hill would burn fiercely in minutes. Watching forces of nature always remninds me how unstable the physical world around us is.
Thanks for looking and for all comments.
Bruce
Bruce those are ominous shots! I live one mile from there and am so glad I didn't go out and up the hill to look, or I wouldn't be able to sleep!
Thanks for posting these. I just got back from Yosemite last night and had not seen the whole news. We had a 10 hour drive home because of the closed roads. I was so tired, didn't want to know about evacuating, lolol. Luckily we didn't have to.
