Lemon's drop-inn

[MissAutumn]

Hopefully we'll hear from Lemon soon.

Thanks, Mouse. I love yours.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I heard my name!

The fires are hours away ...not sure if we will get any smoke eventually but the power is on a different grid so shouldn't have to worry about power being turned off where we are.The crazy thing is, is that local t.v. stations don't have it plastered all over the news...its difficult to find out what is going on. No one I know in that area but I have a friend I have to check with to see if her family is affected. Fires are scary!

[Vivianne]

Fires are terrifying! I’m glad you’re okay; I naturally worry. I saw an article on CNN - seems like there are several that started last night and rapidly grew. There’s one in north LA that may have encroached on two freeways.

It sounds really dangerous.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

We've had small fires a long the freeways where a car towing or dragging has started a fire. There are still scorch marks on trees from a few years ago.

[Vivianne]

I did not realize a fire could be started like that!

I remember in elementary school, the school intentionally started a small fire on our wild garden-thing.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I was talking to someone who went to Santa Ana for an archery competition, he said the fire had been across from the area they were at but they got no smoke! Weird how a lot depends on which way the wind blows.

[Vivianne]

Not the same kind of smoke, but while I was at the park today, I think someone was smoking and the wind blew some of it in my direction. Not fun. :c

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I seriously hate breathing in second hand smoke...never mind now that marijuana is legal people think they can smoke it anywhere! It smells like skunk and I really don't like it!

[Vivianne]

There have been instances where I’m in a parking garage for a hospital and someone is smoking near a huge no smoking poster.

Secondhand smoke causes me to be temporarily unable to work my lungs. Marijuana isn’t really a problem here; I don’t even know if medical marijuana is legal. It’s unclear.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

That sounds like a life threatening situation then! Do you have to carry oxygen around with you at all? Or is your breathing ok unless there are outside pollutants...like smoking. My Mom has difficulty breathing around smoking but she doesn't have any particular disease....just really bad allergies.

I wonder where the hospital security were? They usually tell people they can't smoke.

[MissAutumn]

I hate when people smoke outside hospital buildings. It makes me so angry at how selfish they can be.

[galled]

Oh don't get me started on people vaping anywhere the fel like it thinking it's different from smoking.

[Vivianne]

I’ve had breathing coordination problems since I was young. Moving and pollutants make breathing difficult. I don’t carry oxygen.

I suspect it’s a tumor, but we’ve never really investigated it because each surgery is pretty risky.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

They should put up posters or make Public service awareness announcements that say " Your smoking could kill someone" and list/show how the smoke could immediately affect people with weakened immune systems. Most people think of the smoke as "second hand" that MAY eventually have an affect long term down the road kind of thing.

How come the people against smoking never show that? Or do they in other countries?

And vaping seems to produce even more smoke! I parked beside a guy and his whole car looked full of it. I moved my car to another spot.

[Vivianne]

I read an article about a study that showed pets in smoking homes have more respiratory problems. That’s the closest I’ve seen.

I don’t understand why people want to breathe in toxins. Are they somehow unaware of the lung problems?