Angelenos, can you smell smoke ?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I can smell smoke in Woodland Hills.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Nope, can't smell it here in the South Bay.

The clouds are plainly visible though.

[SoCalNative]

2. I can smell it this morning

in Glendale, with some of the haze hanging low in the air as well.

[Silver Gaia]

3. We have smoke from the Camp fire in Sacramento.

We can see and smell it. The sun is dimmed. It's hard to breathe, for me anyway.

[Codeine]

4. I'm genuinely surprised

that the smoke hasn’t reached the Inland Empire yet. The skies are the clearest I’ve seen in months this morning.

[Brother Buzz]

7. I thought the The Santa Ana winds have been working overtime?

[Codeine]

8. I always forget the Santa Anas blow toward the coast.

[Brother Buzz]

10. If you read your hard boiled Raymond Chandler, you'll NEVER forget which way the wind blows

Arguably the best opening paragraph in hard boiled detective fiction, bar none.


"There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge."
― Raymond Chandler, Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories

Interesting, my father, a native Southern Californian called the wind 'Santana'.

[Codeine]

11. I actually have some Chandler on my shelves

but I’ve not gotten ‘round to reading it. Now I may have to!

[PasadenaTrudy]

5. South Pasadena checking in...

I can see smoke and my throat and eyes are irritated. Can't smell it though....yet.

[beaglelover]

6. Yes, we can smell it here in North Hollywood.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. NoHo. We're almost neighbors.

Every once in a while I'll take in an indy movie at the Laemmle.

[beaglelover]

16. I live about 5 minutes from there. I'm very

Close to the new NOHO West development.

[Wintryjade]

12. I heard form people yesterday that you could smell it and were affected in SF and especially Oakland

[Brother Buzz]

13. That's from the Camp Fire in Paradise

[Wintryjade]

14. I though Paradise and Malibu were the same fires. I did not know there were two.

I have a lot of guest coming from Calif so I like to keep updated on this stuff. Thank you. I had it very wrong. Between the fast moving fires and not having time on the net, I was not getting the info. I appreciate this.

[IcyPeas]

15. Why don't they name these fires after the town's they are in?

I had no idea at first that the Woolsey fire was Malibu...