What's the weather like where you are?

[olbriar]

It was 46° this morning and raining. A far cry from the upper 90's of Monday.

 

[MoodyBlues]

yeah it was 109 where i was , i think the people who started this fire with dumb idea to like Pyrotechnic at a Gender reveal party should be fined big time!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, they're probably going to be fined. The local news said they could be held liable for all costs involved with the fire. Hundreds of thousands, at least. Millions...and millions...if houses were damaged.

What gets me is that this is NOT NEW. I grew up here with fire safety drilled into my head. I've been watching a childhood show lately, Adam-12, and in a 1968 episode the officers talked to two boys hiking up in the mountains. They asked if they had matches [no], and then said 'when it's this dry, looking cross-eyed at it can start a fire...'

I can't believe the stupidity of the couple who thought a pyrotechnic device in 115°, BONE DRY conditions was a brilliant idea.

 

[Bearsyzf]

I also loved watching Adam 12, Dragnet, The Saint and all the older shows.... thanks @MoodyBlues that brought back good memories.

 

[MoodyBlues]

I'm watching Dragnet, too, along with Adam-12 and Highway Patrol. That last one was before my time, but I remember watching it with my grandmother, in reruns; she had watched it in real time, and loved it.

 

[olbriar]

It warmed all the way up to 50° today and it's still raining. We need the moisture so no complaints.

 

[MoodyBlues]

A video of a precision water-drop was posted on Ring by a neighbor, whose location is in the circle. My aunt's house is to the right and above the circle.

 

[ocnbrze]

ok so this photo is bad i know. this is a picture on the 210 freeway. i just caught the tail end of a drop from the airplane. the red you see in the mountain is not fire, but the retardant dropped from the airplane. i saw it all, but grabbed the phone a tad late.

@MoodyBlues i was thinking of your aunt when i saw this. how is she doing? is she vacuated yet?

 

[MoodyBlues]

I called my aunt at work Tuesday, @ocnbrze, something I NEVER do. But when the news said 'the foothills of Arcadia and Sierra Madre' may be next to evacuate, I needed to be sure she was aware. She wasn't. So she called me back later, and had gotten all her important things ready to go. Oh, when she got home that day, there were four messages [on her landline] from the City of Arcadia, with various warnings about evacuating. She said Santa Anita was barricaded, and she had to show proof of her address to be allowed up.

There's an eerie orange glow here.

Awesome pic, by the way.

 

[ozonetrooper]

Been overcast and hot and sticky here in Tropical Paradise ...

Gotta Luv it !

 

[olbriar]

It has warmed up to 59° today but it is overcast with humidity around 80%. The grass still has water droplets on it from yesterday's rain.

 

[ozonetrooper]

Rite now, it is 87 degrees with 72% humidity, you sweat buckets just standin still !

 

[ocnbrze]

Rite now, it is 87 degrees with 72% humidity, you sweat buckets just standin still !

that sounds gross......lol
where do you live?

 

[lunatic59]

It hasn't been overly hot -- finally -- but this humidity just keeps going like a really sweaty energizer bunny. When I get up in the morning, our insulated windows are fogged up on the outside.

 

[Milo Willamson]

Been foggy, raining lately, from being all nice and sunny.
Early morn's been foggy, it would of last, but it was another dream of sunlight.

 

[MoodyBlues]

Grateful to be having a respite from those other-worldly high temperatures. It's not even 90° right now, plus it's overcast, so a huge relief from a few days ago. We know it's only temporary, but still...

 

[MoodyBlues]

that sounds gross......lol
where do you live?

Dallas?

Nah...that was 100+ degrees with 90+ percent humidity...

 

[ocnbrze]

Dallas?

Nah...that was 100+ degrees with 90+ percent humidity...

i can't even imagine what 90% humidity would be like......sounds horrible!!!!!!!

and i think in a weird way the ash that is covering our sky is contributing to the cool down we are having......not sure if that is accurate, but that is what it looks and feels like.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

54° feels 48°. This is my "happy time.".

 

[ozonetrooper]

Dallas?

Dallas is several hours North of me, I am off the coast of Texas floating onna island, it is Tropical Paradise for almost 9 months of the year. (read hot and sweaty)

 

[MoodyBlues]

i can't even imagine what 90% humidity would be like......sounds horrible!!!!!!!

It was! How this native Angeleno ever ended up living in that hell-hole is unbelievable. Summer temperatures of 110° with 98% humidity were normal. Living here, in our beautiful San Gabriel Valley, we understand hot...but HUMID? Like that? No!

and i think in a weird way the ash that is covering our sky is contributing to the cool down we are having......not sure if that is accurate, but that is what it looks and feels like.

Yeah. I agree.

It's not as dark and orange today in Arcadia; how is it in West Covina?

 

[ocnbrze]

It was! How this native Angeleno ever ended up living in that hell-hole is unbelievable. Summer temperatures of 110° with 98% humidity were normal. Living here, in our beautiful San Gabriel Valley, we understand hot...but HUMID? Like that? No!


Yeah. I agree.

It's not as dark and orange today in Arcadia; how is it in West Covina?

it's nice....suns out, definitely not orange.....lol

there is a lovely breeze right now.

smoking my after breakfast cigar and will be going out to costco soon.

 

[MoodyBlues]

Just got this alert, then called my aunt--it's EXACTLY where she lives:

She went out by the pool as we talked, and saw several water-dropping helicopters. She went back in and watched two fire engines go by. She has one car packed with her important stuff...and is on her way out right now.

 

[ocnbrze]

Just got this alert, then called my aunt--it's EXACTLY where she lives:
She went out by the pool as we talked, and saw several water-dropping helicopters. She went back in and watched two fire engines go by. She has one car packed with her important stuff...and is on her way out right now.

that's good to here.....crossing my fingers that her house will be ok.

 

[MoodyBlues]

that's good to here.....crossing my fingers that her house will be ok.

Thanks, buddy, me too. My cousin and I have many fond memories at that house. Unlike both of my childhood homes, hers hasn't fallen to a wrecking ball.

My uncle and his first wife bought that house in 1967. The news this morning said that area hasn't burned in more than 60 years, so basically not during our lifetimes. My cousin...well, she's not currently speaking to my aunt/her stepmother. She was fine with her father remarrying, some six years after her mom died. But money has reared its ugly head...long story.

Anyway, my aunt has never been anything but kind and caring toward me, so I'm letting them work it out themselves. Meanwhile, I'm very worried that the house may burn down...

 

[ozonetrooper]

That really sux, awhile back we had uncontrolled fires raging across some forest county in Texas, my heart goes out to those who are losing everything, especially sentimental items, to the fires.