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Fire Season 2008

By michael lee ⋅ November 16, 2008 ⋅ 11 comments

We got to church this morning to find everything covered in a layer of ash from the Yorba Linda fires. A few families from the church were evacuated, not sure yet if anyone lost homes. Is everyone safe?

Things That Are Flammable, In Order of How Awesome My Discovery of Said Flammability Was At Age 12

By michael lee ⋅ October 18, 2008 ⋅ 67 comments

Gasoline (my experiments were nothing if not exhaustive)
Dry spaghetti noodles (used in a pinch to light a gas stove)
Cotton Candy (why do more people not know about this one?)
WD40 (in aerosol form only)
Lighter fluid (can be mixed with sand and spread out to form incredibly awesome “flaming desert” campaign with toy soldier)
Paraffin (note: melted down [...]

Fire Season

By michael lee ⋅ October 13, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Map of the fire. Zack is closest to the blaze right now, just on the other side of the mountain from us.

Griffith Park Fire

By michael lee ⋅ May 9, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

So, our hills are on fire. They’ve got it mostly contained now, but last night it was a very eerie sight - the newly reopened Griffith Park observatory, the zoo, the trails, all shut down because the entire hillside was lit up. I sat in traffic at the 134 / 5 interchange, parked on [...]

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