3487

It’s still zero contained as of this morning, but they pulled the mandatory evacuations last night for my side of the canyon. Laguna Beach still has it in effect. It certainly does stink, not going outside today unless I have to.

400 firefighters over 200 acres now.

3488

It’s crazy to hear its so dry on that side of the country, the east coast has had crazy rainfall this spring. I mean in the last 2 weeks I think we had 3 days with no rain at all.

3489

It’s actually been pretty wet and overcast, at least by socal standards. Certainly better than in the past few years. Still not enough apparently, the wildlife sanctuary went up like a tinderbox.

Fire is down to 150 acres and 10% containment, so they are making good progress. Certainly can’t complain about the speed with which the fire authority moved and the resources they brought to bear.

3490

It’s rained so much here the lawn services can’t keep up. I’m not joking. On the flip side, my tomatoes and herbs are growing so fast I think they will be trees at some point.

Be safe in that stuff @Gendal . Here’s hoping your neighborhood doesn’t get touched.

3491

It’s still only 40% containment but they lifted all the evacuations so they must be feeling pretty confident. Smoke is all gone so it must be just minor spot fires in the area.

We got lucky the wind was blowing in the direction it was. It started right up against 2 neighborhoods and Soka university but the wind rapidly pushed it away towards Laguna Beach which gave the firefighters enough time to halt it.

3492

dude 🚭

3493

If it were legal, sure. Right now I have to pretend my basil, oregano, and thyme are like, just as good, ya know man? I don’t want the PoPo bearing down on me and crashing my buzz, bro.

Dave’s not here man.

3494

Well we’re about to get a lovely little heat wave here in Southern California. 90s near the coast (where I live), well above 100 inland. Good times.

3495

Spoke with my mom yesterday, she said it was hitting triple digits in Arkansas. That’s just one reason I left the Deep South behind.

3496

Heh. Welcome to the rest of the country. So good of you to join us. :)

Except in this case it’s reaching all the way to the Great Lakes. But climate change is a lie.

3497

Yikes! Like most Southern Californians, I ignore weather anywhere else. ;) Sorry to hear y’all are being hit too.

3498

Then let me qualify my statement to say, one reason why I left the Deep South for the PNW.

3499

Yeah, this sucks, it’s gonna hit 80 on Thursday.

3500

Oh crap! I may need to fire up the air conditioner! … oh wait.

3501

Seriously? ours has been running off and on for weeks. Not even kidding.

We have a lot of windows, all single-pane. House can get pretty warm when it’s sunny, even if it’s 60 degrees outside.

3502

I don’t own one! We open all the windows and turn on all the fans, just like all the other hippies.

3503

I figured. One of the first things we did when we bought a house up here was put one in. When you grow up in Florida, you kind of become dependent on it.

3504

Hey, I was born and raised in Louisiana dude, I know all about the virtues of AC. But seems to me there’s really only a couple of weeks that things get really ugly hot out here, and I haven’t been able to justify buying AC yet. My wife thinks we should though.

3505

Solid 90s down here since mid June. Counting humidity the heat index is in the 100s lately.

3506

Going to hit 100 this week, and a genius house guest somehow jammed an office chair into the ceiling fan of my office/computer room, whilst spinning at full speed. Time to move the office downstairs, I guess.