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+title: 'A Sure Sign of the Apocalypse'
+date: '2003-10-24T10:24:34-04:00'
+permalink: /a-sure-sign-of-the-apocalypse/
+tags:
+    - life
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+Tuesday’s high temperature here in Claremont was 102 on Mr. Fahrenheit’s scale. Today it’s snowing.
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+Of course, what it’s snowing is not flakes of frozen water but flakes of ash.
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+This is, for those of you who’ve been around a while, a phenomenon far more recurrent than any of us would like. Here’s [last year’s version](/where_theres_smoke/):
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+> <span class="title">Where There’s Smoke…</span>
+> 
+>  Just a few miles north of here — how few can be attested by the near-constant whirring of engines overhead and the overwhelmingly acrid air — the mountains are on fire, and have been for a week. Air quality has deteriorated to the extent that all non-essential outdoor activities on campus have been canceled for the duration. And once again this morning, I’ve awakened to find my apartment filled with the smell of smoke.
+> 
+> Few of you will be faced with neighborhood wildfires, but perhaps you might understand why I’ve recently become obsessed with this [site](http://geomac.usgs.gov/) of late. We’re the Williams Fire, if you want to get the lowdown on our situation.
+> 
+> Posted by KF at September 30, 2002 06:27 AM
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+This time around, we’re being threatened by the Grand Prix, which I find a little unnerving. That, and the fact that [Weather.com](http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/local/91711) has gotten into the act, declaring our predominant weather condition today to be “smoke.”
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+\[UPDATE, 10.25.03, 5.51 pm: Seriously — it’s beginning to look like Armageddon out there. The sky is this unearthly brown, the light looks as though earth’s gaffers have gotten a bit carried away with the yellow filters, and the sun — when you can find it — has been RED all day. Bright, glowing red.\]
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