the Sandia Mountain Range, seen from our backyard, April 2, 2011

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[txanne.livejournal.com]

O.O Please tell me that's not fire.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I'd then have to lie to my friend.

Luckily there was no wind to carry sparks across the dry landscape. There isn't much stuff to burn, but I remember the big fire in the desert north of Los Angeles in 1997. By midnight, most of the flames had died out, thank goodness.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Yikes. I hope that's the worst of the year, then.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

We've lived here for almost 11 years and this is the first this happened this close. Things have been very dry though because of the lack of snow and rain.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

How distant was the conflagration?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

About a couple of miles, but, if the wind had been blowing like it is today, it'd probably have been much closer.