Aug. 10th, 2012 11:02 pm
A shift in the wind
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muckefuckOn my desktop at work, I have a small window in the upper right corner which gives me the current weather conditions, including the temperature in Celsius. I think you'd have to go back to May to find a day when it dropped below 20°. But yesterday it never got above 18°; in the weeks previous, we'd count ourselves lucky to have that as a low.
But the winds shifted in the night before last and they've been blowing from the north ever since. They brought us considerable rain, which tapered off to showers this morning, and whipped the Lake up into a picturesque tumult. When I came home, I insisted we open all the windows to bring some fresh air into the house again.
A few minutes ago, the scent of smoke came wafting into the room from the street. At first I thought it was someone loitering on the sidewalk outside. I can't see a damn thing since the street lights are off again, but I shut the window anyway. Shortly after, I heard fire engines and traipsed into the parlour to see where they were stopping.
Wouldn't you know it: not half a block north of here. I couldn't see any flames and they didn't linger long, so I assume it was a minor fire that was easily extinguished.
But the winds shifted in the night before last and they've been blowing from the north ever since. They brought us considerable rain, which tapered off to showers this morning, and whipped the Lake up into a picturesque tumult. When I came home, I insisted we open all the windows to bring some fresh air into the house again.
A few minutes ago, the scent of smoke came wafting into the room from the street. At first I thought it was someone loitering on the sidewalk outside. I can't see a damn thing since the street lights are off again, but I shut the window anyway. Shortly after, I heard fire engines and traipsed into the parlour to see where they were stopping.
Wouldn't you know it: not half a block north of here. I couldn't see any flames and they didn't linger long, so I assume it was a minor fire that was easily extinguished.
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