Liar liar, pants on fire.
October 24th, 2007 by Jim Clark
I promised my kids I was going to take them to Disneyland this week, but I guess I lied. There’s just no way we can go now that southern California is burning from the mountains to the ocean.
Click the picture for a closer look. The wildfires aren’t very close to Disneyland but the air quality has been upgraded from “POOR” to “UNHEALTHY” and isn’t getting any better, so we’re staying home. Unfortunately, Santa Barbara has a pretty big cloud overhead too, mostly from ash and dust leftover from the Zaca Fire that’s blowing into town. The ground is covered by a fine layer of black soot and everything smells like a used pack of Lucky Strikes.
Oh well. Mickey Mouse can wait a few months. In the meantime I’m going to stay home, clean my desk, play with my kids and snuggle with my wife. The weekend will be filled with other fun things to do, like taking the kids to a Halloween party and marching them down State Street in the Halloween parade, stuff like that.
I just wish it wasn’t so hot. It’s like we’re a mile from the sun.