It’s hard to say if there is anything good that can come from the fires, but all the smoke from the fires has had a cool effect on the sun. Enough smoke has been created from the fires that it completely blocks out the sun. When the sun did shine through, it was red and you could look directly at it. I took some pictures of the sun as it tried to shine through. At its thickest, the smoke created an almost nuclear winter effect. One morning, the sky was orange and it looked like it was late afternoon rather than early morning.

It looks as if the fire closest to our house is almost fully contained since it looked normal today. As soon as I stepped out of the house today, however, I noticed that my eyes were irritated from all miniscule particles in the air. It must suck to be the hunter who set that signal fire. I mean, seriously man. What were you thinking? I’m sure you were trying to find your friend, but I hope you had tried everything else before setting the fire.

Posted on October 28, 2003 in Uncategorized.