Re: [APML] OT: Southern CA smoke

["Alson Wong" <alsonwong@charter.net>]

The fire in Rancho Cucamonga got pretty close to my neighborhood on Friday, when it had to be evacuated. This image shows the burn area as of Saturday morning:

http://www.incidentcontrol.com/grandprix/3dGrandPrix10_25.JPG

My neighborhood is the one above the "I" in "Interstate 15" on the map. A couple of pics from my driveway:

http://tinyurl.com/sc91

There's been a lot of smoke the last few days, but today it's much clearer. It was mostly clear at my club's observing site in Landers this weekend, where I was able to get some work in (M31-Encke, M33). 

Alson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 2:54 PM
Subject: [APML] OT: Southern CA smoke


> Take a look at this!  And it ain't clouds.......
> 
> http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/1km/Oxnard/VIS1LAX.GIF
> 
> I talked with family in southern CA today and they said the smoke was so
> bad, visibility was at 1/4mi.  With ash coating the ground like dry snow.
> Having seen the horrible Laguna Beach fire back in 1993, this is a extremely
> serious situation.
> My thoughts and prayers go out to the many people that have already lost
> their homes to the fires.
> 
> Chris
> 
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