Dogs, cats & fires

[furtech]

Today we hiked into Placerita Canyon to see if the recent fires had affected the trails we use. Fortunately, most of the fire hit the hills south of Placerita. Now I'm really curious, since this is where a former explosives company (aka, SDI, Inc./the spook site) is located. Maybe now we can hike onto the grounds...

The biggest fire in the area is still the so-called, "Day Fire," that some buffoon named because, "it started on Labor Day." The last few days of drizzly weather gave the firefighters a break-- but the winds that kicked up today worked in the fire's favor, as this picture shows:



Hike was otherwise uneventful. Dinner at the lovely IHOP and an evening of cats and LJ...

Charlie being a cute pain...Rondo and his stick!

Comments

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Awesome pictures...WOW that fire one is intense. And this never ocurred to me fefore but...Rondo and Charlie kind of match!

[fuzzytoedcollie.livejournal.com]

Yay! for stick Rondo!
Let no twig go un-chewed!

[farraptor.livejournal.com]

Yep...*looks out window right now*...it smells like smoke outside, and the sky is completely orange from the forest fire. Gives a neat effect in the evening around sunset, but geez, it is one massive stinkin' fire!

Anyway, glad you had a good weekend!

The "so called Day Fire"

[tori04.livejournal.com]

What is up with that name? Did they call it "Day Fire" because they were thinking "It started on Labor Day, so we should call it the Labor Day Fire. No wait a minute. That is WAY too many syllables. We should just call it Day Fire. That is much more convenient."

Of course every time I see it in the paper it is mentioned as the "so-called Day Fire" which has the same number of syllables as "Labor Day Fire", PLUS it is typically followed by something explaining that it was called that because it started on Labor Day. Great.