In article ,
nt (Gordon) wrote:

From inside this city, it looks like a ring of running fires occasionally
flaring into a slithering line of impossibly bright orange. The fires block
drivers nearly everywhere and for the first time in years, the San Diego sky
is almost completely empty of aircraft.

From NOAA's site:

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fire...SMHSusCA300_N6
..jpg

I grew up in southern California, and remember the fires that seemed to
come late every summer. Wishing the best for all who live down there,
and specially for all the crews fighting the fires.