The electricity went out on us today at work, so I packed up my stuff (grabbed all our hard drives from the office to keep them close/safe) and headed home to the Mesa where I found some views of the Jesusita Fire.
Until about 2:30ish today the fire looked like it was just smoldering with no interest in getting bigger… but when our electricity went out around 3:30/4 the fire had gone crazy and the sky had turned black over my business partner Ricky’s house.
13 Comments
tami
06 May 2009 11:05 pm
wow, those are amazingly scary!
Tim and Cheryl Halberg
07 May 2009 12:05 am
just trying to see if this blog will allow comments about the Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire Pictures/Photos
kelli
07 May 2009 12:05 am
I’m glad you guys are okay–will keep you in my prayers!
Shane LaFever
07 May 2009 01:05 am
Ha! I believe you got the best pic of it. Is that from your house?
Robin
07 May 2009 05:05 am
Hey Tim…wow this is nuts. Were these taken up on the Mesa?
todd scott balljw
07 May 2009 08:05 am
wow, those are amazing. In a very unfortunate way. I really hope it gets contained soon. Ill keep checking to hopefully see that you guys are alright.
btw, Ricky is a good friend of a good friend of mine here in OKC. (David Baxter)
best wishes!
ohana photographers – david
07 May 2009 11:05 am
dude that is insane!
stay safe out there man!
Embrace Life
07 May 2009 01:05 pm
Wow, Tim! The first couple of shots look like a massive tornado hitting SB. Sad that this is happening again…
B Christopher Lee
07 May 2009 09:05 pm
Tim, Cheryl, Take good care and be safe!
Kelly Oshiro
11 May 2009 11:05 am
Scary!!! (especially since I can see my neighborhood in the picture!)
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DJ
20 May 2009 09:05 pm
dude these are gnarly! so crazy to see that!
darkhorse
02 Jun 2009 12:06 pm
Amazing photos. you can see the concentrated power generated by heat in these pics. Great angles! Hopefully it will be a long time before you can snap pics like this again…