Northern California - Smoky

Smoky Northern California

Photo courtesy: MODIS

I've lived in Northern California since August-2000. I've experienced the following events that shook me up:

• A 4.5 Earthquake that hit Napa in Aug-2000
• Heavy rains cutting off I-80 near Fairfield, on Jan-1-2006
• A major fire in my area that almost came near my apartments
  
• A couple of small earthquakes, the latest a few weeks back
• The current wild fires and smoke

I must say that this has been the worst till date. I wrote last week about the smoky sky and even posted a photo. Since then, the fires have grown and NORCAL is under a cloud of smoke. Health experts are asking us to stay indoors as much while recirculating the air at home.

Today, looks like another dangerous day with a lot of Lightening strikes predicted. I hope and pray we don't have any new fires.

I'd like to salute the fire fighters and other organizations who are on the lines fighting the fires.

Sun and smoke

(Nikon D50 - Nikkor 18-200 VR)

Summer is fire season in California.

I went to Vacaville Premium outlets this afternoon. The sky was grey. For a few minutes I thought it was a storm but realized soon, thanks to the smell of smoke that it was a fire somewhere nearby.

The sun was still high at 7.30 PM, but it was a glowing orange due to the smoke

Not sure if any homes were lost due to these fires, but it looked very scary indeed.