Ashes
Panic. That is the best word I can think of to describe the SoCal fires. May had arrived and throughout the whole week, the weather had been humid and everyday the sun beat down on me, making me tired throughout the long school days. The heat was reaching extremely hot temperatures and fire season had started. I never expected anything would come out of the terrible dry weather, but I was most definitely wrong.
The first memory of the fires that I can clearly remember was at lunch. I sat at a long, dark grey table with my friends. Since many schools in California are outside schools, including mine, we ate outside. Around 15 minutes into lunch, my friend Kaitlyn pointed out something that I hadn't notice before. “Look! Another fire has started” She told us. I turned my head and inspected the large dark cloud of smoke slightly off in the …show more content…
School was canceled for the rest of the week, since the fires were too close it. My friends and I contacted each other daily, to make sure everything was alright. I hung out with a few of my friends, but we couldn't really do much because many roads were closed off. More helicopters were flown in from several different cities, and even massive one’s from Northern California came to help. I constantly checked the news, waiting for new updates. It seemed even though the firefighters were working all day and night to put out the fires, they couldn't control them. The air stunk of smoke; like the smell when you sit out in front of a campfire for too long, only worse. Ashes dropped down from the hills, making the air thick and hard to breathe in. As the day progressed, the day slowly began to turn around. Some fires were being put out, and the firemen were finally able to control the fires. Homes were being saved and even a couple evacuation orders had finally been lifted. After Waiting for what felt like forever, everything was starting to become