Yesterday afternoon at the gym I was warming up my muscles on the rowing machine when I saw a live report of a wildfire on one of the overhead televisions. The closed captioning wasn’t working and I was too far away (and too near-sighted) to read just where the blaze had broken out. Still, something about the scene rang familiar as I moved to the Nautilus equipment to work my arms and abs.
Here’s what I was watching.
If you drive about a quarter of a mile south of our new home, you’ll see the charred grounds of a June wildfire that roared up one canyonside to within inches of homes. This fire’s different from another one in the same area the month before that. And, now there’s apparently another smoldering burn line just to the east of us. That’s three wildfires within a mile of our house, all within the last two months.
Somehow rattlesnakes no longer seem as worrisome, though goodness knows where all those creepy critters are headed now.
Photo credit: San Diego Natural History Museum
14 comments:
That's no good. The part about the snakes is no good either. Maybe they all got fried in the fire. Wildfire season is scary - I hope you make it through unscathed.
Too close for comfort. I can't imagine what was going on in your head.
wildfires scare the crap out of me. one summer we had one pretty close to our house too...they're scarier than earthquakes.
Yikes, that is pretty scary...be safe!!
I hate fire and that one would have been way to close for comfort. I can't say that I like snakes either.
I really don't like rattlesnakes, but if it came down to a little nip from a wiggly thing, or a house fire, I think I'd befriend the snake. Be extra vigilant and take care of yourself this summer.
Scary indeed! Make sure to water the house along with the lawn. Stay safe.
A coworker of mine lives near there, too! It is scary! I was thinking about you when I saw the news, hoping you, your house and family were all OK.
Take care.
Damn, makes my coyote encounter look like a picnic. Stay safe.
Holy shit! That's SO scary!
Stay safe Anne.
heads up and be safe. you know i used to be a firefighter for CDF up in Humboldt and Butte Counties. hard dirty work for sure and luckily i never encountered residential /structure fires.
Damn. Fire season is upon us. People outside of California don't realize that southern California every year has fires. Although this year, as they were several years ago, they are out of control. Hope you're staying safe.
I know how you feel. There has been two wildfires this year within about .5 miles from my house. One just last week and the other in January. Yikes! Hope everyone gets through until it rains in one piece.
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