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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt
5 Freeway through Newhall Pass is open again.
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It figures. I just got home.
Normally it would take me about 2-2 1/2 hours to get to the O.C. area. Today it took me that long just to get to the half-way point. It took over an hour and a half to get from Castaic to Piru & 126.
It was eerie seeing the thick, black smoke hovering on the hills behind Magic Mountain. By behind I mean looking south from the 5.
When sitting in traffic I watched several different fire companies heading towards the Selmar fire. The ones that I could read were from Sacramento & Oakland. There was also lots of heavy equipment being moved towards the fire.
I was really looking forward to seeing everyone tonight. I just couldn't continue. By the time I called NA I had been in the car for over 3 hours and had gone only 100 miles from my house.
The air around here is starting to get pretty smokey. We will be getting the smoke from the Montecito fire.