Southern California Brush Fires! Choking Smoke!
Hoping to get some relief from the choking and nauseous fumes from the last day, because of the several fires from around here, I decided to try and, maybe not dive, but breathe a little easier at the Old Marineland, aka: Terranea Resort.
The regulars met, wheezing, coughing and barfing in the thick, choking smoke.
Chris A. and Not So New Chris were the only ones at that time to decide to risk irreversible lung damage.
I left and decided to go back to the Long Beach Ghetto.
The divide between the horrible air and the extremely noxious air became apparent once crossing the bridge from San Pedro.
The air is absolutely disgusting! It is raining soot!
This is the Sun at 11:00 AM.
It was raining soot so bad, some residents opted for protection under umbrellas.
OK, hopefully I can get back to diving in a few days!
The CIA needs to turn their weather machine on and create some rain around here!
Oh! I really do feel for you! When we get big wildfires in Alaska the Summers are ruined by the ash and smoke all summer blocking the sun, and it is a mess too, constantly all over everything, including the filters in the cars and air conditioners etc. I hope they get the fires out soon.
~K
Comment by K Fields — November 16, 2008 @ 5:48 pm