Living in the Shadow of the Flame

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Living in the Shadow of the Flame; The never ending inferno
Topic Started: Jul 9 2008, 04:53 PM (99 Views)
Eleytheria-Duo	Jul 9 2008, 04:53 PM Post #1
Resident Bystander Posts: 2,370 Group: Map Makers Member #298 Joined: November 16, 2006	Well, after a week of clear skies, the air is once again choked with the suffocating smell of smoke and ash. Visibility is in rapid decline and this is the worse my area has ever been in the history of my living here. I am looking out my window right now and just seeing it get darker and darker from the thick smoke, the sun is this brilliant red, and you can look directly at it without feeling the sensation of pain, resolving it as a near-perfect spheroid. Have a look for yourself; I just took these moments ago: (7/9/08) Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image It got to 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 Celsius) and there wasn't to be a cloud in the sky. Now, for as far as the eye can see is an overcast; Of smoke. I have moderate sinus problems and I am absolutely suffocating, I can only imagine how hypersensitive people are feeling right now, as there is absolutely no escape from the smell, not even inside a seemingly sealed house. Ugh... Never in my life have I wished it were still winter... Never...



Menhad	Jul 9 2008, 05:56 PM Post #2
ET2(IDW) Posts: 2,681 Group: Veterans Member #143 Joined: May 22, 2005	I know your pain, we had wildfires around here and I have a minor sinus problem too.



Porcu	Jul 9 2008, 06:23 PM Post #3
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Posts: 4,188 Group: Global Mods Member #415 Joined: February 19, 2008	Where exactly do you live?



Eleytheria-Duo	Jul 9 2008, 06:46 PM Post #4
Resident Bystander Posts: 2,370 Group: Map Makers Member #298 Joined: November 16, 2006	Porcu Jul 9 2008, 06:23 PM Where exactly do you live? Sacramento, California.



Draxis	Jul 10 2008, 04:40 AM Post #5
Captain Posts: 1,356 Group: Map Makers Member #271 Joined: August 20, 2006	Yeah, I know your pain, we were totally choked a few weeks ago. But thankfully the winds came and swept it inland towards... oh... oh wait thats you... I know your pain.



Anti	Jul 11 2008, 05:19 AM Post #6
Ex Mac Elitist Posts: 382 Group: Members Member #264 Joined: July 29, 2006	It's hell here in Concord. It cleared for a bit, now we are back at square one. I hate feeling like I live in LA. I loathe that place with a burning passion.



A.Q.	Jul 11 2008, 05:23 AM Post #7
Beautiful Snowflake Posts: 906 Group: Members Member #429 Joined: April 13, 2008	Also, no one is talking about the massive wildfire in Southeast VA that's been sending a whole lot of smoke into my lungs via work (I'm a landscaper). It's been burning for at least two weeks now.



Eleytheria-Duo	Jul 11 2008, 04:49 PM Post #8
Resident Bystander Posts: 2,370 Group: Map Makers Member #298 Joined: November 16, 2006	Al Qalaa Jul 11 2008, 05:23 AM Also, no one is talking about the massive wildfire in Southeast VA that's been sending a whole lot of smoke into my lungs via work (I'm a landscaper). It's been burning for at least two weeks now. If this keeps up, we (Sacramento) will have been in a cloud of gray for not quite a full month. Edited by Eleytheria-Duo, Jul 11 2008, 04:49 PM.



New Harumf	Jul 11 2008, 05:01 PM Post #9
Bloodthirsty Unicorn Posts: 9,638 Group: Forum Mods Member #177 Joined: October 8, 2005	Hmm, earthquakes and fires in CA, floods in IA, Hurricanes and fires in FL - this is why I live in Michigan!



Eleytheria-Duo	Jul 11 2008, 06:35 PM Post #10
Resident Bystander Posts: 2,370 Group: Map Makers Member #298 Joined: November 16, 2006	New Harumf Jul 11 2008, 05:01 PM Hmm, earthquakes and fires in CA, floods in IA, Hurricanes and fires in FL - this is why I live in Michigan! Yeah, I've never seen anything like this around my parts in the history of my living here. Sacramento is known for being the quiet little Crossroads, not a fire hazard! :sad: Oh and just wait until all the Great Lakes dry up from Global Warming. Then what will ya do? :gnarkgnark:



New Harumf	Jul 12 2008, 08:53 AM Post #11
Bloodthirsty Unicorn Posts: 9,638 Group: Forum Mods Member #177 Joined: October 8, 2005	Eleytheria-Duo Jul 11 2008, 06:35 PM New Harumf Jul 11 2008, 05:01 PM Hmm, earthquakes and fires in CA, floods in IA, Hurricanes and fires in FL - this is why I live in Michigan! Yeah, I've never seen anything like this around my parts in the history of my living here. Sacramento is known for being the quiet little Crossroads, not a fire hazard! :sad: Oh and just wait until all the Great Lakes dry up from Global Warming. Then what will ya do? :gnarkgnark: Walk to Toronto?? :shy: :huh:


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