SoCal people: WTF IS UP WITH THE SKy!??!!?

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pnho

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sky is a orange type hue======> fires are releasing a lot of smoke and ash into the atmosphere along with the marine layer coming in from the ocean, we got like a blanket effect in which a hazy day gets the dusk effect (from the sunlight reflecting/adsorbed off the ash and smoke residues). there you go.

 

Yossarian

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The best part about Rancho Cucamonga is that they have a minor league baseball team called the Cucamonga Quakes and their field is called the Epicenter :)
 

Danman

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Nov 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Phocas
Probably the fires.

We had REALLY bad fires in a Florida a few years ago and the sky was yellow and smoky for weeks on the east coast (cocoa beach).

There was a fire behind my house and the smell of burnt sh!t stayed there for about 2 to 3 weeks. EVERYTHING smelled like ashes.
 

Amorphus

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Remember back when there were massive wildfires in Canada and such? I live in MA, so we had yellow skies for a day or two, and everything that was supposed to be illuminated green (traffic lights, etc.) turned a bright blue shade. It was pretty cool, but smelled a little funny.
 

Dragnov

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Apr 24, 2001
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Rancho Cucomonga (sp?) fire.

My sky is more just a bright gray haze, but I'm further west.
 

Stark

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Jun 16, 2000
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Santa Ana winds blowin' hot from the north
And we was born to ride

It's a smoky mess right now. Seeing as how the entire San Bernardino forest is ready to explode in flames any second, this may go on for a while.
 

djplayx714

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Feb 20, 2003
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air quality is horrid. my car is covered in soot. the sky is a sick orange haze. it feels like that horror movie with all the zombies.

im in orange county.
 

eber

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Dec 5, 2002
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seriously, it's really weird out here in orange county. it was noon and seemed like dawn. at least now it just looks like a cloudy day. ashes are all over the place around my apartment--worst of all my car is covered in em. it's literally snowing ashes--i can see little bits falling down and floating around outside. ah well...
 

brtspears2

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As long as the fire doesn't find its way towards Riverside, oh well. Always nice to step outside, look at the hills, and see orange ablaze on the mountaintops.
 

Walleye

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someone wanna get a better picture? that'd make an awesome desktop background.

i wish it was that color round here :(
 

hawkeye81x

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Sky was near orange yesterday and I live abut 30-40 miles from the blazes.

Yeah, so another fire start in San Bernadino, so there are two major fires now.
 

OS

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Well, the fires have spread to the point where I can see actual flames outside my window while sitting at my desk here on ATOT. :p