Saturday, June 21, 2008

Fire in Aptos

This one is too close to home. At 2:30 today while driving to work I had to pass through the area where a wild fire broke out around 2pm. The fire started along the north bound lanes of Highway 1 from the airport in Watsonville to the top of the big hill. The fire came as close as 1/2 mile from the hospital. We had plans in place to begin moving patients when they got the south side of the fire under control and the wind moved north-east. The drive home was long since Highway 1 and Freedom blvd were both still closed. I had to go south to Pajaro Dunes and then along the coast road to home. Everything in town smells like it was a little to close to the campfire.

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