Bushfire Sky, 22 November 2006

If the sky turned orange for any other reason it would be considered beautiful rather than ominous. Yesterday the smoke and ash were thick in the air and the hot wind was blowing strongly from the west heralding the begining of our summer and the beginning of bushfire season. Many of my friends live in the mountains and over the last couple of days the strong winds were pushing the blazing bushfires ever closer to their houses. They would leave their houses of a morning and drive to work as charred leaves fell on their lawns. Fortunately, the southerly arrived late yesterday afternoon putting an end to the threat of fires and subduing the heat - for now.