Frank Zappa and the Mothers had the best place around...

[serai]

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First concrete sighting: Driving up the freeway to Pasadena (east of L.A.), saw the orange-brown haze of smoke pouring through the gap between the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains. That was impressive. The sunlight is just starting to take on that lowering tinge that eventually becomes an angry frown in the air.

Haven't seen any ash yet, but I hear it's falling farther south, and we'll get some here if the Malibu fires get worse. There'll be a lot of green growth in the spring, if we get the rain to nourish it. Fire is bad for humans, but it's quite good for the earth.

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[serai1.livejournal.com]

Not so much an aspect of So Cal as it is an aspect of our asshattery when dealing with nature. If firing the landscape were part of our management of resources, this shit wouldn't happen. But no, we can't be sensible or anything.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

*nod* Hubby's got a cousin who's a natl' forestry firefighter, who's talked to us so many times about this. It's really complicated, because so much of the ddevelopment in high risk areas happened before we didn't KNOW aobut it - but that doesn't excuse current development