Declan’s Blog

From a recent trip to Victoria.

Photo by Mark Phillips.

From signonsandiego.com

Compare to 2003 fires:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?uid=103734099241550080511&hl=en&gl=us&ptab=2&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107592071260393044446.00043d12d7e7e7af51aaa&z=11&om=1

Hi – we evacuated to the UCSD campus.  The air’s pretty good here.

We’re all doing well.

7:30a

Heading West. Wish us luck.

Here’s the view from our house in Penasquitos:

Too bad I can’t paste a link to the smell. Kind of mesquite and cigarette smokes.

Found a satellite image:

With some labels:

Interesting views from a web cam out east:

Oops, looks like it burned up?

This is from:

http://www.dilatush.com/LyonsPeak.jsp

When

November 10 – 11, 2007

10am Saturday through 5pm Sunday

Where

Technical Training Resources

6920 Miramar Rd., Suite 105, San Diego, CA 92121

directions | map

Go edit the page and sign up now!

I’m up in Victoria BC for the Access2007 Libraries Tech Conference. I remembered to pack my tripod, so I got some nice night shots:

I blew this one out on purpose, and kinda liked it:

I also visited the University of Victoria’s campus for an all day hackfest. They have a rabbit issue:

Got some nice fall colors too:

I flew home the next day and got a bunch of shots from the air:

Brad, German, Gabe, and I ran into Patrick Nehls taking pictures down by the South Bay Salt Works on the SE of the San Diego Bay. He snapped a nice shot of us. Notice that I’m the only one working hard enough to sweat…

I got a new lens to play with and have been having fun!