This too shall pass...


Things are better. Most of the fires are out or nearly out and the winds have died down considerably. We had winds of up to 45 to 50 mph on Friday and Saturday in some areas.

Local news reports that there's an arsonist (or two) in the area that is setting fires to businesses and houses along a nearby business district street in Citrus Heights, and an arsonist that is setting grassfires along the various freeways in both the Fairfield and Valley areas. I am wondering if it has anything to do with the case against some fire fighteres who were busted for going to porn parties while on duty recently.

I was able to have the windows open Sunday and Monday mornings to cool the place off. There's still a smell of smoke in the air but it isn't irritating my lungs like it did earlier in the weekend. Keeping everything closed up and using the central air fan and purifiers to filter the air helped a lot. I'm just not looking forward to the increased electric bill.