Friday, June 13, 2008

The Martin Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains

The Bay Area is hit with another wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains, while other parts of Northern California are battling their own fires. The sky was relatively clear when Sinta and I went to Borders this afternoon. Afterwards, we headed to downtown San Jose for dinner. From afar, we could see the smoke coming over the mountains from the Martin Fire. By the time we left the restaurant, we were greeted with this:



This is driving through downtown:


You can see the thickness of the smoke coming from the right side of the picture:


And here's the smoke traveling up the Peninsula:


The windows will remain shut tonight. Hopefully the fires will be contained soon...

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