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Spring Sunday Morning

April 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments

My friend Jim called me from his home near Carson City, Nevada yesterday. He said one day last week it was 70 degrees. The next morning they had 3 inches of snow. Psycho-weather he called it. And I thought our weather had been kind of erratic! Today was nearly perfect weather. Before sitting down with [...]

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Yet Another Santiago Fire Update

October 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off

The fire has moved north and east into Modjeska and Silverado Canyons. Shortly before 4:00 this afternoon I took some more photos from my backyard vantage point, about 4 miles away, as it burned in the rugged terrain above the community of Portola Hills. Here is a high resolution video made from those stills.

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