Smoky Sunrise in Redding
Jul. 27th, 2024 07:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerWe started the day today in Redding, California, having driven here last night. On the drive up through the Central Valley we marveled at the smoke cloud rising miles high in the sky in the distance. It's from the Park Fire, which is burning near Chico. This morning there was another reminder of the fire still burning out of control:
This was the view out our window this morning. Surprisingly the air doesn't smell smoky. That means the smoke's not here yet; it's just forming a wall in the sky to the east of here. FWIW, if you turn around 180° the sky looks pretty normal. To the west there's blue sky, and you can see the mountains in the distance clearly.
The hotel was sold out last night. There are numerous fire crews staying here, not to mention people evacuating from east of here. I spoke to a woman over breakfast who spend most of the night driving back and forth to her house, grabbing as many things as she could stuff in her car each time as long as the police would let her in, and driving it to Redding to stash with friends.
BTW, the Park Fire has now grown to over 350,000 acres, making it one of the biggest fires in California state history.
This was the view out our window this morning. Surprisingly the air doesn't smell smoky. That means the smoke's not here yet; it's just forming a wall in the sky to the east of here. FWIW, if you turn around 180° the sky looks pretty normal. To the west there's blue sky, and you can see the mountains in the distance clearly.
The hotel was sold out last night. There are numerous fire crews staying here, not to mention people evacuating from east of here. I spoke to a woman over breakfast who spend most of the night driving back and forth to her house, grabbing as many things as she could stuff in her car each time as long as the police would let her in, and driving it to Redding to stash with friends.
BTW, the Park Fire has now grown to over 350,000 acres, making it one of the biggest fires in California state history.
