California Fires

[Tri-Pacer]

We just finished driving from San Diego to Tacoma WA. I had planned to bring
my VFR Tri-Pacer down to Brown Field near San Diego California. I found the
entire state of California from Bakersfield or so all the way up to the
border, Oregon, and to a lesser extent Washington to be covered in smoke.

My brother lives in Red Bluff and last Saturday the visibility was something
like a mile and a half in smoke at RBL.

How are you guys in California coping? The news doesn't seem very
encouraging as to when an end might be in sight.

I wonder if I'll have to go east to get to San Diego and avoid Oregon and
Northern California entirely.

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A
KPLU

[Jim Stewart]

Tri-Pacer wrote:
> We just finished driving from San Diego to Tacoma WA. I had planned to bring
> my VFR Tri-Pacer down to Brown Field near San Diego California. I found the
> entire state of California from Bakersfield or so all the way up to the
> border, Oregon, and to a lesser extent Washington to be covered in smoke.
>
> My brother lives in Red Bluff and last Saturday the visibility was something
> like a mile and a half in smoke at RBL.
>
> How are you guys in California coping? The news doesn't seem very
> encouraging as to when an end might be in sight.

Not well. I'm a student and I have a
5 mile vis limitation. I got in 2 touch
and go's in the pattern early Sunday
The AWOS was saying 10 miles vis but that
was surely a lie.

It is clearing up some today with the
delta breeze coming in. Probably only
a passing thing though with all the fires
still burning.

[~^ beancounter ~^]

yea...sounds like a long summer out there in cali...
good luck.....







On Jul 1, 5:27*pm, Jim Stewart > wrote:
> Tri-Pacer wrote:
> > We just finished driving from San Diego to Tacoma WA. I had planned to bring
> > my VFR Tri-Pacer down to Brown Field near San Diego California. I found the
> > entire state of California from Bakersfield or so all the way up to the
> > border, Oregon, and to a lesser extent Washington *to be covered in smoke.
>
> > My brother lives in Red Bluff and last Saturday the visibility was something
> > like a mile and a half in smoke at RBL.
>
> > How are you guys in California coping? The news doesn't seem very
> > encouraging as to when an end might be in sight.
>
> Not well. *I'm a student and I have a
> 5 mile vis limitation. *I got in 2 touch
> and go's in the pattern early Sunday
> The AWOS was saying 10 miles vis but that
> was surely a lie.
>
> It is clearing up some today with the
> delta breeze coming in. *Probably only
> a passing thing though with all the fires
> still burning.