Yep, waking up with red/orange skies is weird enough to me, parang Pinatubo part 2 with the mild amount of ashes and clear smell of smoke parang may nagsiga sobrang dami sabay sabay.

Cross winds are crazily strong - up to 80mph gusts! I drove on Sunday to my friend's house in San Dimas, NE from my origin and apparently the canyon roads were a good spot for those cross winds and the Santa Ana winds to pass through so I got a good dose of tumbleweeds, dust, low visibility as well as hotter temperatures. I learned not to drive beside cars especially beside vans, trucks, or other high profile vehicles. If I have to, I'll pass them quickly to be on the safer side.

Almost half a million people were said to be evacuated from San Diego, and schools closed in Malibu (Pepperdine University). There was one fire south of us in Irvine that I just found out yesterday.

Static shocks are also more common these days with the decrease in humidity and increase of winds.