'This is fine': Ominous orange skies over California's Bay Area match Pantone 130U
by Rusty Blazenhoff from on (#57Z26)
PMS 130, taken on 9/9/20 by Adam Dexter
Woke up this morning here in Alameda (San Francisco Bay Area) and it was still dark, with a strong orange coming through the blinds. I can best describe it as a "hellscape." It's caused, of course, by the wildfires. But, oddly enough, it doesn't smell like smoke (that's explained here). Though there is ash covering my vehicle and, really, everything outside. My Instagram feed today looks something like this:
Fisherman's Wharf at 10 a.m. on 9/9/20 by Paul Hayes @rainingchainsawshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CE7QY1pnabx/View this post on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CE7E9IIhlnb/NO FILTER 9:15 am looking out our back door in SF.
A post shared by Jason Mecier (@jasonmecier) on Sep 9, 2020 at 9:35am PDT
View this post on InstagramThis is the sky right now, at 9:30 AM.
A post shared by Suzanne Long (@spindriftsuz) on Sep 9, 2020 at 9:39am PDT
View this post on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CE7II0Onj1D/A post shared by N. Girling (@mxnightshade) on Sep 9, 2020 at 10:38am PDT
View this post on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CE7JJtmJIER/Here is a photo I took in my front room at 9:30 a.m.:A post shared by Jessica (@fenchurch) on Sep 9, 2020 at 10:05am PDT
THIS IS FINE.last image by Rusty Blazenhoff