July 9, 2008
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Triple Whammy in Northern Ca.
My oh my it is so bad here folks! We have triple digits here. This was taken on my deck late this afternoon (note it is in the shade!)
With a thick layer of forest fire smoke laying heavy on the heat as well as the Ozone readings being what they are, we are miserable, We are in the VERY UNHEALTHY levels especially for the little ones, the elderly, theose suffering from respitory diseases and all the poor outdoor animals and people who have to work outside!! We dont see much changing in the coming days with so many fires still burning. We had a bad spot before the 4th but the wind came up and blew it all away and gave us 80 degree temps for the 4th what a glorious day. But then came the new fires and now its worse than ever.
Here are some pics of what it looks like around here….these are not our shots, but they say it all.
Pray we get a good wind blow through here soon!!! I have cabin fever!
Comments (11)
Wow! Guess we don’t have any grounds to complain here. Hope you are all healthy and doing well. Busy season? I’m terribly behind on here. I come on throw up a post and go back to work or babies!
I’ll be praying for some relief for you.
Ick. That is worse than I’ve ever seen LA look.
come stay with us! It’s a little bit hazy, but very cool. Get the heck outta there! Seriously…if you can.
@mommyfish - ON MY WAY!!!!
Seriously that is so sweet of you! If we could work (edit) our 2 weddings we have on deck and hang out with you we would so be there!!! We actually have our A/C going with 3 fans for the heat and a really good air purifier cleaning the bad stuff…as long as we stay indoors we are good.
How is your son doing? How incredibly proud you guys must be!!! Oh Mark is on your site right now watching your video! I gotta go watch it!!
:love: Kerri
It is so miserable here! Even with all the fans and air conditioning on, it is so hot to work in. I canceled my outdoor shoots this week due to this. I also saw the other incredible photos of the fires in your photo section of xanga………..WOW! These last few nights haven’t even cooled down.
Talk to you soon,
Robin
I’m so glad to see these shots — I had been wondering whether something had happened to my camera that all my photos seemed to have a brownish tint to them — haha — I think it’s that invisible haze of smoke that’s coming from all over the state! Goleta fire is closest big one, but the air is flowing around in huge circles and coming back here on its way around. That heat looks nasty — I hope it’s not one of those years that you set records for # of days over x, y, and z degrees up to 120 (I was there in the late 80′s when that happened one year. Stay indoors and stay cool! Janet
wow kerri, i guess Im doing better than you, your skies look awful!!!! I hope you are staying healthy and out of it. that cant be good to breathe!! I didnt realize you guys were so close to it all. take care!!
Yuck…I’m sorry you are dealing with this dear friends..hey I mention you guys in my blog today!!
time to come back to soCal??? hehehhee hopefully it’ll be contained soon
this really gives a visual of what you are going through. i pray the fires end and the those who battle it, will be safe.
the thermometer is incredible! it will be in the 90′s here today. i thought that was hot!
@robinone - Hi Robin! It is actually very cool this morning…I should get a shot of my thermometer this morning. And the clearer skies have prevailed. Still not 100 % but much better! I am actually a bit chilled with all the fans going and the doors open it is probably 70 in here….and mydeck has a real nice southern breeze that is blowing right into my house via the patio door. Its lovely…I think we are coming down into the 90′s this week after triple digits even yesterday…One good thing about those temps is that it makes me appreciate the 90′s…lol
Have a great day!!