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See this story at JPL for more info. It will shed a lot more light on an area that is not normally well lit.

My friend (he lives in Poway -- about 5 miles from where the fire was last night) went out with a buddy and took some pictures in his area Sunday night. The one with the purple flames is my favorite. (BTW, that web site -- a hobby of his -- is in no way safe for work; as long as you don't go up to the parent directory you should be fine.)

I live about 10-12 miles from the Cedar fire, in Rancho Penasquitos. There's ash everywhere, and the sun was orange today (I heard from a friend downtown who couldn't even see the sun). Traffic has been really light, and it's been generally spooky outside. I stayed up all last night waiting for the helicopters announcing the evacuation. They never came, but I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway.

As far as preparations? My wife and I both have overnight bags packed and waiting to go. There's another backpack that has all our contact info (insurance, banks, etc.) in it, as well as our passports, birth certificates, etc. We've been meaning to get a safe deposit box for years now, but haven't. In the garage by the door I have a "portable" earthquake kit (basically a bunch of crap in crates) with 15 gallons of water, a couple cases of MREs, first aid kit, a water purification pump, blankets, gloves, chemical flashlights, batteries for the GPS and radio, and so on waiting to go. I've got a bag of food and a leash for the dog, face masks, a bag of pistols, and some ammo. In with the ammo is one of the hard drives from my home file server's RAID1 array. All that fits in my 4Runner. I think.

In getting all that ready to go yesterday, I realized that we'd have to leave a whole lot of stuff behind, but we'd at least be safe and reasonably well stocked. It's somewhat comforting. Even still, it's surreally depressing to be preparing to be a refugee in the U.S. in the 21st century. I don't think I'll forget this feeling for a while.

-B

My friend (he lives in Poway -- about 5 miles from where the fire was last night) went out with a buddy and took some pictures in his area Sunday night. The one with the purple flames is my favorite. (BTW, that web site -- a hobby of his -- is in no way safe for work; as long as you don't go up to the parent directory you should be fine.)

I live about 10-12 miles from the Cedar fire, in Rancho Penasquitos. There's ash everywhere, and the sun was orange today (I heard from a friend downtown who couldn't even see the sun). Traffic has been really light, and it's been generally spooky outside. I stayed up all last night waiting for the helicopters announcing the evacuation. They never came, but I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway.

As far as preparations? My wife and I both have overnight bags packed and waiting to go. There's another backpack that has all our contact info (insurance, banks, etc.) in it, as well as our passports, birth certificates, etc. We've been meaning to get a safe deposit box for years now, but haven't. In the garage by the door I have a "portable" earthquake kit (basically a bunch of crap in crates) with 15 gallons of water, a couple cases of MREs, first aid kit, a water purification pump, blankets, gloves, chemical flashlights, batteries for the GPS and radio, and so on waiting to go. I've got a bag of food and a leash for the dog, face masks, a bag of pistols, and some ammo. In with the ammo is one of the hard drives from my home file server's RAID1 array. All that fits in my 4Runner. I think.

In getting all that ready to go yesterday, I realized that we'd have to leave a whole lot of stuff behind, but we'd at least be safe and reasonably well stocked. It's somewhat comforting. Even still, it's surreally depressing to be preparing to be a refugee in the U.S. in the 21st century. I don't think I'll forget this feeling for a while.

-B

It's nice to see that the third world (including Sweden) still looks like this. Of course, it's easier to see the flies on Swedish kids because Swedes are white.

How 'bout:

10. A goatse.cx post
11. A Femme Goatse.cx post

Hah! Some gender equity at last! Title IX at work!

This photo of Darl McBride after Microsoft agreed to help in protecting SCO's IP explains a lot about the whole SCO lawsuit and where it's coming from. The vortex in the bottom center (no pun intended) of the photo is where most of the legal documents were culled. I hope the moderators will find this insightful and informative.

shes into beastiality

THE choice of a new generation!

This is what goes on in merry old Scotland. Fucking micks.