Thursday, July 10, 2008
Smoke Everywhere
OK Butte County has been on fire for a month now and the smoke is getting old. The ash is raining down and getting everywhere. It is dreary outside, almost like fog in the winter, it is depressing. When you look out the window it is dark and gloomy and you think that it should be cold. But then you walk outside and it is 110 degrees and just nasty.
I took a few photos this week, so that I could post about how tired I am of the smoke. The first one is of the red sun at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday.
The next one was taken at about Noon on Tuesday to show how dark it was outside at Noon. I thought the smoke was bad on Tuesday when I took the photo.
Then I took one today at about 3:00pm at the same place to show what really bad smoke is like. So now I know that it really was not that bad earlier in the week as now the trees and hills in the Tuesday photo are not even visible.
According to all the news reports it is also unhealthy to breath this smoke. Lots of people around town are wearing N95 dust masks. I have not resorted to a mask yet, but the smoke is definitely burning my eyes and throat.
I took a few photos this week, so that I could post about how tired I am of the smoke. The first one is of the red sun at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday.
The next one was taken at about Noon on Tuesday to show how dark it was outside at Noon. I thought the smoke was bad on Tuesday when I took the photo.
Then I took one today at about 3:00pm at the same place to show what really bad smoke is like. So now I know that it really was not that bad earlier in the week as now the trees and hills in the Tuesday photo are not even visible.
According to all the news reports it is also unhealthy to breath this smoke. Lots of people around town are wearing N95 dust masks. I have not resorted to a mask yet, but the smoke is definitely burning my eyes and throat.
Labels: forest fire, smoke
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