Fires in the Southern California

Sadly this week, in Northern Los Angeles County, thousands of acres have been burned. I was leaving work last night (9/28/05) and could see off in the distance, plumes of smoke, dark colors of red and orange. Turning on the radio, I could hear the advisory warnings and many of the off and on ramps on the 118 through that area were being closed off. Alternate routes were being listed off and the estimation for traffic were huge. When I heard that i look to see what my travel direction looked like. I was going south on the 405, and found that it was congested, likewise with teh 405 north. So I decided to take surface streets instead.

My destination was Santa Monica, I was meeting up with my 'alaka'i from my halau to practice for an event coming up on Sunday. After arriving and meeting up with her ('alaka'i) and other haumana from my halau, we made our way down to the beach. Upon arriving, we could see a beautiful sunset. We turned our focus soon after to the Malibu area and we could see the wonderful pallate of colors from the fire still raging. Sad that a beautiful sunset was made possible my such devestation.

Here are some photos I found online from the ongoing fires this week: