You sure got some orange skies there. I lived in San Diego for a few years, and saw this a few times. Ash was everywhere later. Those Santa Anas are awful and my sinuses do not miss them one bit.
I can't believe those guys are up there working. Time to get inside with cleaner air if you can. Stay safe.
It came on so fast that no one saw it coming at all. Skies were super clear before lunch then by 2 pm it was like night. Also there was some kind of temperature inversion and the air quality on the ground was just fine. That evening the inversion reversed I guess because we woke up to the smell of fire and ash all over the place. The next day (yesterday) air quality was terrible and this morning isn't much different.
San Diego is incredible if you're aged 21 - 25. Hope you were there for that. :)
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I was older while in SD as a single mother who worked all the time, so maybe it was not so fun!
I was off work for a week one time due to fires, but mostly smoke and ash where I was. Only on one night, we could see fire on a mountain range far off. So creepy. I hope you get through this in good health.