Mother Nature is a serious artist

[Buug959]

I snapped this while stuck in traffic this evening. Certainly not an award winning photo but a lovely sky just the same.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I give it the award for the best stuck in traffic photo for this evening.

That feels just a little bit like a "participation award".

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Buug959

That feels just a little bit like a "participation award".

Hmm... maybe you're right. Okay, Poof! it's gone.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

It was a sad and scary day. For 3 days the Santa Ana winds had been howling out of the East, and in Carlsbad to the West of us local fire fighters had been fighting as hard as they could. I was at work in Encinitas and out of my office window about 3:30 I could see a little plume of smoke popping up East of our house. Uh oh. It took me about 20 minutes to get home, and by then the fire had gone unchecked and was a rager. Mrs H and our boys had gotten home about 10 minutes before I did where they found that our bulldog Pebbles had passed away. They loaded up computers and important documents that we keep in a fire box, I had a quick cry and then loaded Pebbles in my car to take to the vet for cremation. Then we bailed. My son took that pic looking down our street. Later I met them down the hill in a safe zone at a restaurant. About a half hour later, the Santa Ana winds died, and an onshore breeze started. It was a miracle, as it pushed the fire back on itself. We went back home about an hour later, and stayed home for 3 days as the Sheriff’s had locked down the neighborhood. If we left, they wouldn’t have let us back in. Spent those 3 days watching helicopters dip water out of Discovery Lake. Never want to do that again!

During the 2007 fire the fire got up to the fence at the facility (pretty much the southwest corner of the 15 & Miramar Rd). I told my wifr and she didn't believe me until we went to the credit union on the property. As the fire was approaching the chick-in-charge was afraid to make the evacuation decision and turn our airspace over to the Center in Palmdale. The fire marshal told her in no uncertain terms to... GET OUT!!!! The control room was filled with smoke for a year or so!

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

During the 2007 fire the fire got up to the fence at the facility (pretty much the southwest corner of the 15 & Miramar Rd). I told my wifr and she didn't believe me until we went to the credit union on the property. As the fire was approaching the chick-in-charge was afraid to make the evacuation decision and turn our airspace over to the Center in Palmdale. The fire marshal told her in no uncertain terms to... GET OUT!!!! The control room was filled with smoke for a year or so!

Ain't no good, no matter how you slice it or which year it occurred. Bad stuff man!

[eugenebmw]

Fall color in full throttle. Winter wonderland is on the way

[Josh-PA]

Pic from my dock looking across the lake. Really fantastic fall colors.

[Buug959]

The view from the "Office" yesterday.

[Llarry]

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park on the Arizona-Utah border

[ShopVac]

From my trip last week.

[JJ 911SC]

Just about a month ago at the end of the street.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

Just about a month ago at the end of the street.

Ahhh... the old mammatus cloud....

[GarySL]

Morning pelagic trip send-off