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I managed to not check the news yesterday or today, and so drove up to Santa Barbara via the 101 to retrieve a futon from my parents' place without realizing that two gigantic forest fires are burning in LA county, destroying some homes and killing one person in the fire and another in a related car accident.
First I drove under a huge cloud of smoke near Chatsworth, then I hit another, much bigger cloud at Thousand Oaks. The sky was an absolutely uniform orange-brown, and the light was deep sepia. It was an effect that one of my old Red Cross co-workers used to call "nuclear winter." I considered turning around, but it looked like that would be more likely to strand me on the freeway than continuing on my way would.
I am now in Santa Barbara trying to figure out how to get back as planned tomorrow. I would like to get to San Dimas. This would be my normal route: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Santa+Barbara&1s=CA&1a=1440+Camino+Meleno&2c=San+Dimas&2s=CA&2a=650+East+Bonita+Ave
I think this works, as it avoids the 210 between the 5 and the 118, which is a section of the 210 now closed down. But it comes pretty close to it. I wonder if it would be better to take the 101 S to the 10 E to San Dimas-- anyone have any thoughts on that? (Of course I'll check again before I actually leave.)
First I drove under a huge cloud of smoke near Chatsworth, then I hit another, much bigger cloud at Thousand Oaks. The sky was an absolutely uniform orange-brown, and the light was deep sepia. It was an effect that one of my old Red Cross co-workers used to call "nuclear winter." I considered turning around, but it looked like that would be more likely to strand me on the freeway than continuing on my way would.
I am now in Santa Barbara trying to figure out how to get back as planned tomorrow. I would like to get to San Dimas. This would be my normal route: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Santa+Barbara&1s=CA&1a=1440+Camino+Meleno&2c=San+Dimas&2s=CA&2a=650+East+Bonita+Ave
I think this works, as it avoids the 210 between the 5 and the 118, which is a section of the 210 now closed down. But it comes pretty close to it. I wonder if it would be better to take the 101 S to the 10 E to San Dimas-- anyone have any thoughts on that? (Of course I'll check again before I actually leave.)
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