Tuesday afternoon August 25th I was at home from work sick when I got a text from Ange telling me that there was a fire near by in the mountains near my home. This is not something you want to hear in August when it is 106F and the brush is as dry as parchment paper. The only thing that would make it worse would be if there were Santa Ana winds- then you have disaster! This week, so far, we have been blessed. The picture above is the evening of the 27th. The fire had originated five miles north of La Canada above the Forest Rangers fire station- and so it got its name the “Station Fire”. By the night of the 27th it had crested the Angeles Crest Mountains and began to work its way down the mountain side like a slow moving lava flow. The small dots of light along the mountain are homes. As you can see they are very close to the path of harm.
This is a close up of the flames. Our chaparral has a high oil content in it because plants like Manzanita shrubs and the pine trees. As of this blog entry there have been no loss of homes or injuries. We can all thank the Lord and all the hard working fire fighters for that. If you are reading this blog entry and this fire is still in progress, say a prayer for the fire fighters on the lines, and for those in harms way. Thank you.
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AWESOME capture of the mountains on fire! I still can’t get over the magnitude of this fire and even as I type this, the fire continues to devour whatever gets in its path.
Donna,
Those days were a blur. I enjoyed going out with you when you took these shots.
I would have never guessed early Friday evening that at 1:00 AM Saturday morning (August 29, 2009) I would be talking to complete strangers as my wife takes pictures in the dark on a local street of a fire that was rapidly consuming the mountain range behind our homes.
You did a great job, it was quite an adventure that night.
For those who see these shots, people kept going to the vantage point Donna shot them from to determine how close the fire was to them. For many, Donna and myself included, it became very evident it was only a matter of time before the fire passed their section of mountain.
Thank God for dedicated and VERY WELL TRAINED Firefighters.
Take Care My Love,
Daniel