wildfire

Forest fires have been plaguing the Los Angeles area since Wednesday night. I walked into work on Thursday smelling of a strange cocktail of cigarettes, motels and cookouts. The smoke is visible from a picture window in the lab-- we can clearly see orange flames licking the mountain ridges to the North. The pillar of smoke resembles a dilapidated mushroom cloud... the ashes and embers continue to clutter the air and blanket cars like evil snow.

These are pictures taken from our lab window. The fire now covers 85,000+ acres, and is about 5-10 miles away from us.