Not the Burning Cedars

[ebonypearl]

Cedars and Iced Tree
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Somewhere north of here, a large number of cedars are burning.

The wind is from the north, shifting slightly from northeast to northwest, and the smell of burning cedars is covering more than 10 miles in an east/west direction. I have no idea how far north the burn is, how many cedars are involved, or how far south the wind is carrying the smell.

What I do know is that they've been burning at least 2 hours.

I wonder why, if it's that large and hte smell covers so much space, it's not mentioned on any news channel?

I love the smell of burning cedar, but I am concerned by this much smell cloaking the city (or possibly "cities" is a better term, as I live in a different city than I work and hte smell is in both my home city and my work city). How big is the fire? Who's in danger? Why does it still smell of fresh burning and not the fading scent of a dying or dead fire?

At least I'm not smelling the chemicals of house fires, so for now, at least, no homes are burning. Only cedars.

Comments

[laughterdance.livejournal.com]

and they come back when you cut them down, most of the time.