Ashy apocalypse? No, just Labor Day weekend in Southern California

Flakes of ash raining down on Southern California provided a fittingly strange and frightening capstone to a strange and frightening summer.

Searing hot temperatures. Eerie yellow-gray skies. The sharp scent of smoke and flakes of ash that rained down upon the land.

No, it wasn’t the apocalypse. It was Labor Day weekend in Southern California — a fittingly strange and frightening capstone to a strange and frightening summer. Angelenos were already on edge after six months of surrealism brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic, but many were pushed to the brink of sanity this holiday weekend asRaging fires in the Angeles National Forest and Yucaipa added to the end-of-days vibe. And the National Weather Service’s

that Santa Ana winds are likely to blow through Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Tuesday and Wednesday only upped the anxiety levels.“Ashes everywhere. Horrible air. Extreme heat. Santa Ana’s expected tomorrow. COVID in the air. #enough2020,” Ana Flores of Duarteis 7 miles from my house and the city of Duarte is on alert for possible voluntary evacuations.

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