SWCAMBORNE

After it appeared that the fires had died down last night (See report 3)

We were woken up at 3:00 am this morning by the dog barking and this scene of the fire creeping over the next ridge towards us. It appears that we are not out of danger yet.

The fire is now about 2 miles from us above Auburn Street in Sierra Madre. Before we moved here we lived for a few years at the very top of Auburn Street in the current evacuation area. Nurit made us move because it was to scary way up there with the backyard touching the National Forest. She was right again.

The telephoto lens makes it appear scarier. We have to keep alert and hope that the wind doesn’t come up. I will be less sanguine about the fire today than yesterday.

Here is the link for information from the City of Sierra Madre:

http://cityofsierramadre.com/index.php?mod=city_article&id=74

The helicopters started at dawn this morning and with the wind cooperating the fire has died down substantially by 11:00 am.

The helicopters flying up from the water point increase anxiety. But we were never in any real danger.

This is the last puff of smoke visible to us. Fires in these hills are only really a danger when the winds are blowing hard.

Yes all of the pictures in the set were taken from my backyard facing East with an Olympus Stylus Camera.

The fire hasn’t moved far tonight but I took some pictures:

There is a fire burning in Santa Anita Canyon about three miles from here. Here are two pictures I took of it from my back yard: