Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: > We did get into the forest fires last year - too close for me anyway: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/84099504 It's a LOT worse this year. Right now there are over 1000 wildfires burning in the state, air quality here in Sacramento reminds me of Los Angeles in the 1970s (YUCK!). The sun doesn't rise or set. In the morning it gradually appears through the smoke on the horizon, likewise in the evening it gradually fades into the muck. I would guess that the eastern sierra is better off but a lot of smoke is spilling over the peaks from the west. The Western States endurance run, a 100-mile footrace from Squaw Valley to Auburn, was cancelled this year for the first time, because of poor air quality and fires too close to the race course (rugged terrain across the Sierra). Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web