October 27, 2003

• the fires continue to rage through the San Diego (and San Bernadino) area ...

  I woke up this morning coughing a bit and finding it slightly
  difficult to breathe because I left my window slightly ajar the night
  before. I looked out and noticed how the blackened smoke-filled sky
  provided an unusual black background to the crimson sun. This is a
  random thought, but little did I expect to find greater use for a
  surgical mask in San Diego than Pam would in China. In China,
  these were a precautionary measure for SARS; here in San Diego, these
  are used to help us from breathing in the ash particles that saturate
  the air.

  The 50 mph Santa Anna winds and the highly combustible Eucalyptus
  leaves fueled this fire and helped it to spread rapidly. While I was
  hearing about firefighters who were doing their best with tiny hoses
  trying to control the fire, I was thinking that a little Seattle rain
  would probably do much more. Nearly every school and most major
  businesses in San Diego were closed. Despite the tremendous damage, God
  has used this incident to bring communities together and again focus
  our eyes on the essentials. Christians have gathered to pray.

  "If your house was on fire, what would you grab with you before
  leaving?" This hypothetical question I've asked to others many times
  before was now a real question that I had to ask myself (and one of my
  roommates).

  • 8:59 pm
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