A big, giant hug for DUers and everyone else in Southern California.....Stay safe.

[marmar]

:grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear marmar...

Thank you!

I just went out to do a little grocery shopping...The sky is full of smoke! The sun actually looked red for a while...

And when I got back to my car, there were little flecks of ash on it...

There's a fire up in Palos Verdes, some 7 miles or so from here...

Strange days...

:scared:

[marmar]

2. You're welcome CalPeggy.....That must have been a very awkward experience....

.... to be going about with daily activities and see that in the distance.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. It was strange!

Not what I'm used to, for sure...

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

[K8-EEE]

12. Went hiking at Fryman Canyon today and couldn't believe the smoke in the distance

We are so far KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK ON WOOD not affected but from that view it really did look like we (in Hollywood) were SURROUNDED by fire!!! Stay safe everyone...!!

[malaise]

4. Stay safe

:grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear malaise...

Ah, sweetie...

We are safe...no fires anywhere near here...

Just the sky looking pretty weird..

:hug:

[rvablue]

16. PV, too? So LA is burning from the north and the south......n/t

[Cleita]

3. Thank you Marmar.

I'm in San Luis Obispo County next door to Santa Barbara County. We haven't had any fires but the heat coming from them from down south is drying everything up here and we are all wilting.

[marmar]

5. Good grief......I didn't realize Santa Barbara County is burning too.

How long have you guys gone without rain?

[Cleita]

9. Most of the spring and summer. We had a little shower about two weeks ago.

It was enough for me to discover a leak and have it fixed, but nothing else. Usually, we are foggy at lot being near the ocean but the sky is creepily unclouded and sunny almost every day. Sun is nice but too much isn't that good either. Every plant thirsts for water. I never had to water the yard at this time of the year, but I have to twice a week now.

[K8-EEE]

13. I had to water my plants after that "rain!" they were bone dry.

i hope we have a BIG OLD RAINY SEASON this year, God knows we need it.

[Cleita]

19. Yeah, my step daughter and I were reminiscing fondly about the

good old days of El Ninos.

[kestrel91316]

11. The fire in Montecito (just E of Santa Barbara) is in SBCo.

[az chela]

6. my heart aches for all the people in california going thru

this again .I was there 5 years ago by Escandito and they fires were so bad they freeways were closed.The swimming pool at the motel was black and we couldnt go outside cause you couldnt breathe.It was heartbreaking and now they are going thru it again.I cant imagine how they can keep going thru this.I live 90 miles north of Phoenix and ashes were in this town from California.it looked like the end of the world before and this time looks worse.Please stay safe and dont take any chances,the fires go so fast

[wtmusic]

7. Thanks Marmar.

Smoke is everywhere here, except right near me. My heart goes out to the people in the canyons. Beautiful country, but can be dangerous.

[SoCalDem]

14. No smoke here..the wind's blowing it the other way

I just hope no one gets stupid out here:scared:

[BrklynLiberal]

15. I would like to add my wishes for everyone out there to be safe...

:grouphug:

[rvablue]

17. Kick for the big hug.....lived in CA for many years and miss a lot these days!! :)

[Control-Z]

18. How very thougtful of you.

I spoke to my husband, who is working up in the Long Beach area today, and he said the sky was pitch black in front of him on his drive.

I've been too busy to look at the news much today but, so far in OC, we've just got really hot Santa Ana conditions, like a furnace. Seriously.

These fires usually always start up around us, eventually. Last year we had the Silverado Canyon fire burning on one side, flames visible from our home, with the Pendleton fire on the other side. The school district closed down. We had black skies and raining ash for weeks.

[City Lights]

20. Stay safe, SoCal DUers.

:grouphug:

Sending good thoughts your way...

[grace0418]

21. I'm in LA helping a friend with her new baby, tomorrow I'm supposed to drive up to San Francisco

to see my sister (who is battling breast cancer) until I fly home on Tuesday. Now I don't know if I'll be able to do that. And while that really sucks (one of my other sisters was going to join me as a surprise), it sucks even harder to be the people who have been devastated by this fire. :hug: to you all.