Northern California Wildfires

So it seems that while I've been frolicking in Alaska, holy hell has been breaking loose in California. I knew there were fires, and I knew there was a lot of smoke, but I've been more focused on work, working out, uploading videos and pictures, playing in the city, and fixing my flat tire to pay much attention. Even last night, as I sat in traffic on 680 N to Walnut Creek, I noticed the smoke, but I didn't think that the whole area was just "on fire".

Holy damn. And just in time for legalized gay marriage and Pride weekend..... Oh, the televangelists must be happy today. Yes, right wing policies of underfunding infrastructure, sending the National Guard to war, and ignoring the human impact on climate change all converged to make a tinderbox. But it was the gays being able to legally visit their dying partner that made the dry lightening.