Well, i tried to upload pictures today but 'Hello' and the blogger picture server seem to be down. But, in any event... the fire season has started. Last evening when I was driving home i noticed a small fire above Tujunga (i had a picture, too, but i can't post it yet.). This fire was quickly extinguished... just in time apparently because upon driving to work today i drove right into the start of a santa ana wind. The hot, dry wind was raging all day in the canyons, and sure enough another fire started some time late in the morning. This one was where the 118 crosses the Santa Susana Pass. With the dry winds of the fire season, the fire burned right across the 118 up towards Box Canyon and Rocketdyne (presumably not igniting any rocket fuel). Last I heard it was currently menacing the 'Bell Canyon' gated housing tract, which i'm sure will mean a lot of miserable republicans if it burns down. It's better if it doesn't though.. because burning houses smell bad.
If the fire continues it may spread into the Ahmanson Ranch area (mostly grass and oaks, the oaks will probably not be killed and the grass is mostly weeds anyway) and Cheeseboro Canyon (my private hell of the last summer). Perhaps the entire canyon will burn rendering our 'burnt' and 'unburnt' plots useless. As much as I would like to see the whole area turned to ash, it's probably best if it doesnt burn as too many fires just tend to convert areas to weeds. Also, hopefully the fire doesn't burn all of the chaparral in the higher part of the Simi Hills.. there is some neat relatively old brush up there.
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