We're across the valley. In no danger, but the strong winds are carrying the smoke our way. The air looks brown and smells horrible. We all pay a price to live in this area. First comes the strong Santa Ana winds, then the terrible the fires, then the rains, then the flooding because the vegetation has burned off the hillsides, then the beautiful weather just perfect for growing vegetation, then the hot dry summer to dry out the vegetation and then the winds and unfortunately this all happens far too often. Oh yeah, did I mention the earthquakes, the high taxes, high cost of housing and living.
With all this, while most of the country is snowed in during the winter time, we're walking around in shorts and each year more people are coming to California than leaving.