This morning in Long Beach we could breathe fairly well. By noon, that had totally changed, and every breath was a stinky drag off a cigarette, and my eyes burned as though I was too close to a campfire.
By evening, the ocean breeze finally arrived. We get it around 4 pm daily, but don't get it at all during Santa Ana wind conditions, so we hadn't had it since before the weekend. I hope the cool air will help the FFs.
Local 8 just reported live that the fire headed toward Julian is slightly less than 2 miles and coming, but there is definetly a feeling of hope in the upcoming battle. ETA of fire is still 90 minutes or so.