Wednesday, January 19, 2005
... the smog is gone!!
Yesterday arvo, after the huge fires finally subsided, another fire erupted at the foot of the hill, just behind our place!! The entire place was red and glowing!! You can hear all the sirens in the background... and see all the ashes... and all the smoke billowing upwards into the supposedly clear skies. You can't even see the trees down the street!! That was how smoky it was!!
I had to get the washing in cos there were more ashes than we saw over the weekends. Had to zip thru it while holding my breath cos the smoke was choking and it was hurting my eyes!
The air's not too bad now... cos the wind's changed directions & for now, the fire-ies have contained the blaze to the Mundaring Reservoir... but the wind could also spark more fires, so they're keeping an eye on that.
News about town, many pre-schools are closed for the day cos they can't do their jobs properly with the smoke... and one pre-school teacher even brought her school kids to the Kalamunda cinema to catch a movie, just so that they can get out of the smoke! The kids must be loving it!! =)
