Fires

There have been some fires around here. You might have seen them on the news, for example The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, the BBC. We're a long way from any of them - there's a nice map from the LA Times here - we're right next to LAX airport, on the left. It's harder to get further from any fire that's currently burning, or anywhere that even could burn (Pasadena's a long way from any fires too, but there's plenty around Pasadena to catch fire).

However, we're still being told to stay indoors - yesterday outdoors activities at school were cancelled, and at least one child had trouble with their asthma. There's a very slight dusting of ash on everything - you can see it if you run your fingers along something smooth like a car (and as someone said, some of that ash used to be someone's house). The traffic is, apparently, worse than usual, because so many roads are closed too.