After the Fire

While the Pacific Northwest was drowning in the river runoff from a deluge of warm rain and the resulting snow melt, Southern California was undergoing Chapter 2 of its fall fire season. They sure could have used some of that rain.


Fire swept through here, burning this tree and everything around it.


A wider view.


Remains of a motorcycle that was parked outside a gated mobile home park.


Peering over the wall at what's left of the mobile home park.
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A closer view.
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Smoky Mountains

Smoke fills the valleys and hides the mountains of Southern California as over 800 fires burn in the state.

By popular demand, information about the state's wildfire situation


Statewide NASA-MODIS image (click to enlarge)

Statewide Incident Information [CalFire]