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One year ago today, there were fires burning in several San Diego locations and it was just getting rolling out in the San Bernardino mountains.
The fire up near Piru was burning a large forest, but was otherwise not of major concern to most people. And then the Santa Ana winds kicked in and the fire raced south and west very quickly during the day on Saturday. A far off fire at midday became an early afternoon orange glow and led to the Simi Fire of 2003.
A year later?
It's been mostly cool, often overcast with frequent rain for more than a week.
It's strange, but the only time we've seen the devil winds this year, it was overcast and cold. California has had a difficult fire year but it looks like we're going to get a pass for the worst part of the fire season this time around (hillsides that were dead in April are already showing signs of life).
If you're interested, here's the collection from last years burn.
Posted by Dave at October 25, 2004 11:26 PM