Earth, Wind & FIRE!!!!
So, there’s a bunch of fires burning in the Southern California area right now. This is just one of the annual events we have here. Thankfully, most of the time it’s just a bunch of brush burning and maybe one or two structures burned, but sometimes they can get quite out of hand. The fires raging in So. Cal. haven’t burned a lot of homes yet, but it’s moving fast and is threatening to make some people take a serious look at their homeowers insurance policies tonight.
The picture above was taken by my friend Jacob near his home in Topanga Canyon with smokey skies behind the sign. At the moment the fire isn’t too near him, but it is moving towards that part of the valley. That’s when it can get quite scary because there’s plenty of brush there and fires tend to be attracted to the expensive Malibu section of Los Angeles, which is on the other side of Topanga. Jacob’s been taking pictures of the fire from a vantage point near his home. You can see the gallery here. In those pictures you can see the communities of Woodland Hills, West Hills and a bit of Hidden Hills in the section closest to the camera, with Chatsworth far off in the background. Simi Valley is behind those mountains.
