Dark Day

The California fires we have been having these last several weeks are really taking their toll on our atmosphere.

I slept in today. First I woke up around 6:30 am but decided that I didn't really want to get up. So I simply rolled over and fell asleep again. Damn! I slept another six hours! When I woke up again it was a little past 12:30 pm.

It was mid-day but as I looked around my room I noticed that it was dark. As if it was just before sunrise. I looked at the window and noticed that it was dark. It definitely didn't look as if it was mid-day.

I immediately got out of bed and went to the window and pulled open the curtains. Wow! It was dark and grey outside. I had to see this so I got dressed and rushed out the door to the porch. I looked around and saw that the sun was not even visible through the overcast and smoke.

Here in the Bay Area overcast skies are common but enough sunlight makes it through so that the day isn't dark. But today was different. Due to the smoke from the northern California fires the day was exceptionally dark.