The Sky Returns to Blue (Mostly)

 The western states were on fire the past few weeks, as if the year hadn't caused enough damage. (The year landed us a daughter, so that's pretty rad!)

Smoke filled the air from the west coast of America all the way to northern Europe. It was said that here, in Southern California, the weird orange glow with the morning sun and the daytime white sky was due to the Northern California fires pouring smoke into the upper atmosphere, while our own poor air quality and visible foggy-smoke was due to the local fires, only a few hundred miles away.

There's Long Beach from up on Signal Hill, showcasing both calamities. The high NorCal smoke finally just dissipated, or moved on, mainly due to new pressure fronts moving through.

And while the air has been bad, it hasn't been anywhere near the danger levels of locales north, like Oregon and northern California.

Driving home after picking up Cass during this time had some very eerie mirror views. Ahead was mostly clear, and by "mostly clear," I mean overcast with smoke.

And yet, it wasn't bad here at all, relatively speaking. Sure it smelled like campfire for a few days, with white skies for a few more, maybe a few weeks.

We even got some bitchn' sunsets:

So, this is exactly the kind of thing that we're going to need to prepare ourselves for with the changing climate. Fight it or not, call it a hoax or not, THIS SHIT IS NOT GOING TO ABATE BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO.

It doesn't work like that.

We gained Camille. We lost John Lewis, Chadwick Boseman, RBG (aw c'mon!), 200k+ American's to the 'rona...

Whatever happens in November is going to trigger some [distasteful expletive], mark my words. The outcome doesn't matter, okay? We need to agree that this is the case and be clear eyed. No matter who wins, the fan will be COVERED.

At least our skies returned to blue for a bit in September...