So we had scheduled a brief vacation this week. Go down to San Diego, see the Dead Sea Scrolls, go to Seaworld, things like that…and now this. I mean really. Yes, certainly, 500,000+ people have been evacuated, but they live there! We were only going to be there a few days.

(Humor-impaired readers: I’m contrasting my minor problems with their big ones.)

Well. It’s pretty yucky here. Orange skies, with red glowing orb where the sun’s supposed to be…parking lots peppered with ash. Yecch. I’ll tack on a photo real soon now.

Update: the photo, as promised: