I started smoking today

I just walked outside and inhaled. We went from a stage 1 air pollution alert, to a stage 2 today. This is from the Reno Gazette Journal:

"The Stage 2 alert means health officials wants everyone, not just those people with heart and respiratory problems, should stay indoors as much as possible, Andy Goodrich, director of the department’s Air Quality Management Division, said in 22 years he has never seen so much pollution in Reno skies." (they need a better editor)

This is all from the northern California fires that were sparked on Saturday. Over 800 were started from dry lightning.

Here's my comparative photo essay (I've always wanted to do a 'photo essay' lol)

Looking at Peavine Mountain from the hills behind Damonte Ranch High School

4 February 2008

You can see the outline of the smaller hills here, that are in the photo above - that's the same house in the foreground, and it still isn't finished

25 June 2008

Earlier today it was much worse than the afternoon and evening - this is looking in the same direction as the pictures above

25 June 2008

Looking east from our backyard

6 January 2008

25 June 2008

2 June 2008

Looking at Slide Mountain and Mt. Rose

Very close to the same view, with Damonte Ranch High School in the foreground

25 June 2008

Two very different looking sunsets taken from the same spot

4 February 2008

The sun is much further north now, and doesn't set over Mt. Rose at this time of year

25 June 2008