More on the fire

According to the latest fire update from the Ventura County Star, this fire burned 10 miles from somewhere outside of Piru to Simi Valley in three hours this afternoon (which explains the sudden, heavy smoke we saw).

It's been a little crazy around here this evening. With the highways closed down and much of the city driving around trying to find a good vantage point to see the fires, this sleepy little city has gone quite crazy (a weekday afternoon traffic flow on Erbes Road at 10 PM is one of many examples &mdash I am quite surprised there aren't cars strewn everywhere after what we saw in a few places).

The best view Adam and I found was over at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. We got stopped (like everyone else) at the circular drive near the top, but parked close to the top and walked back over to the gate. We saw enough there to be scared. The fire had definitely gotten south beyond the 118 in places and appeared to be burning up the ridge just to the north of Tierra Rejada Road. There was a better view of the westernmost end of the fireline further down from the library, but we didn't stop to ogle any longer.

Sarah and I were just discussing what we might want to grab if we need to run for it. Saturday morning that would have been silly, but right now... who knows. If this thing manages to burn it's way onto the ridges around Sunset Hills, we'll be fleeing to somewhere.

Posted by Dave at October 26, 2003 01:04 AM