The weather was shockingly hot yesterday and everything is dry.

I woke up at 9am today, but it felt like sunrise. The light shining through the window was red - deep red. I pointed out to Julian how our white sheets were almost salmon, and peered out the window. The sun high up in the sky looked ominous, incredibly pink and tinged with red. I instantly said " Something is wrong." At that instant I heard fire engines wailing outside several trucks seemed to be going in several directions. As I gazed up the sun suddenly grew and brightened and I cried out "oh god, we're dead." It seemed like sun was going nova, or it was armageddeon, or equally something awful. I was not alone in feeling this way, the emergency lines were clogged. It was a cloud passing, way high up, like a regular cloud, but full of smoke that scented the air, and everywhere people were calling in to 911 about the smell. A search for "Red Sun San Francisco" brought me to this page.

www.insidebayarea.com/argus/l..._6815620

The smoke color and odd weather are caused by a fire in Nevada, hundreds of miles away, and sometimes by another fire at least 75 miles away. I am not in any danger. These things are all happening far away, in wooded or grassy areas - not near cities, it wont spread to SF, but we are all affected.

weather.cbs13.com/cgi-bin/f...etForecast

the Lick fire is down south in california, by Gilroy, and is also contributing to the whole lurid scene. It is growing to be the size of San Francisco.
www.flickr.com/photos/sea...california/

1,700 of our local Bay Area fire fighters have gone off to beat the fires. Brave guys. send them good vibes.
www.flickr.com/photos/kev_g/406519880/
* note that while other shots are contemporary this one of firefighters is from february