Posted in Events, Science, tagged Arson, Fire, Irvine, Jamboree, Portola Hills, Santiago Fire, Toll Road, Tustin on October 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday the Irvine fire in Santiago Canyon came dangerously close to our house. The Fire Department was doing mandatory evacuations and we had to leave at about 10pm.
The fire jumped over the 261 Freeway and came down the hill to Jamboree Road. This is less than 100 yards from our house.
This first picture [...]
Posted in Science, tagged eclipse, Science on August 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Last night, we stayed up and watched the full lunar eclipse from our back yard. It happened between 2am and 4am Pacific Time and was entirely visible from our balcony.
Here is a link on what that is: http://starryskies.com/The_sky/events/lunar-2003/eclipse1.html
The pictures at the site are better but this is the real thing!
Posted in Science, tagged los angeles, Science, Vacation on August 3, 2007 | No Comments »
This week we went to the La Brea Tar Pits. La Brea is one of the world’s most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world. Visitors can learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years [...]
