Monday’s Fire
Interrupting the normal flow of posts–today I was going to publish something about how we feed birds here, but then our neighbors set themselves on…
Tag: Fire
Every July the Valley Explodes
With the exception of “safe and sane” fireworks allowed in some counties and localities, it’s illegal in California to set off fireworks. Big shows sponsored…
The Lightning Storm and Resulting Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains
This summer, I’m monkeying about with a time-lapse camera pointed westward over the valley. The first camera was a simple Brinno on a stake at…
Midge and the SCU Lightning Complex
As most of the world knows, much of California is currently on fire. Right now, the Purgatory area is currently beset with wildfires started by…
Post-Fire Wrap-up
A video shot by our drone yesterday that shows post-fire conditions.
Yesterday
Yesterday was meant to be a day spent partly on road committee work (I’ll eventually explain what that means in another post) and crafting posts…
Fires to the North, Fires to the South
Purgatory is in California, and both ends of the state and the Central Valley are currently burning. The comprehensive map can be found here. It has…
Valley Fires
One of unexpected things that comes with having such expansive views of the Santa Clara Valley is that sometimes we see the smoke of fires…