It's been overdue for a while, but it finally happened: a wildfire broke out near my neck of the woods, in the Santa Cruz hills. It started around Loma Prieta-- yes,
that Loma Prieta-- early this afternoon. I first saw it when I walked out the front door of my workplace on break:
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Almost looks like a volcanic eruption, doesn't it? It looked even more so a few hours later:
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A view of the conflagration from my front yard:
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A coworker of mine, who has a background in fighting forest and brush fires, told me that it will take at least two days to contain. Last I heard, it had already consumed over 500 acres and a few homes.
Welcome to California...