dskoon wrote:Thanks.
I did believe you, just wanted a couple photos. Pretty nice "cabin," there.
Metal roof in fire-prone areas, very smart.

Wow, that last photo is something. Looks like a bomb went off.

It was a bomb, 100 thousand acres burned in less than 24 hours. I was in Pine Valley not far from the ignition point. From Pine Valley, with a strong Santa Ana kicking up, there was no trace of the inferno. That first morning, I rode my MT bike to the top of the mountain above PV for an unobstructed view to the ocean. I could not believe my eyes! Nothing but smoke! I got down the mountain as fast as I could to turn on the TV. By the time the Cedar fire was over, we were cleaning ash for the next year. Every time the wind blew, more ash would spread.

The Dude wrote:That was a wierd summer. Killer whales off the west end of Catalina,

I haven't seen them that far south, but killer whales regularly hunt of the central coast.

butitsadryheat wrote:Global warming causes El Nino?

No.

But, if we understood El Nino better we would know far more about climate than we do!

butitsadryheat wrote:Yeah, I had my tongue in my cheek when I asked. Thanks

We need an emoticon for that!

On a more serious note, it is scary what some folks believe these days!

Electronic sensor readings show northern Sierra snow water equivalents at 188 percent of normal for the date, central Sierra at 121 percent, and southern Sierra at 139 percent.

Source: http://westernfarmpress.com/environment/storms-bolster-california-water-outlook-0503/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WesternFarmPress+%28Western+Farm+Press%29

hmmmmm, seems as though asmrz mentioned something about this happening before... not quite the same, but it is the same... and a serious dent in the day's climbing plan...


Not gonna get a couple thousand feet of climbing in today!!! It just aint gonna happen.

You wouldn't be living in the same town as I do, would you x15x15? There is this white stuff all over our deck and I was just wondering...