Ten days of smoke and ash in Santa Barbara. The fire is 230,000 acres and growing. Containment is 25 per cent. Winds are calm. Humidity is five percent. Schools are closed. Most Christmas events and parties have been cancelled. People are staying home and staying inside as much as possible.
The wind blows hot and dry from the east, from the high desert..
The sky is full of helicopters. Fire fighters in yellow shirts are coming into town to take breaks from the flames.
At night the creeping flames are visible from town. The fire crawls westward, across the foothills.
They say it will burn until Christmas or even longer, unless it rains.
What we really need, more than anything, is rain. There is no rain in the forecast, but anxious eyes look out to the west because the onshore breeze comes from the west and that wind blows in the rain clouds from the ocean.
Yesterday we saw surfers at Leadbetter Beach. The waves were decent. Four or five surfers were catching good rides. They were wearing face masks to keep the smoky air out of their lungs....... But the waves were good....Surfers don't quit.
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