here are some photos and movies of the recent fire!
the big fire came through on 9/23/02.
picture looking north from HMC, 1pm 9/23
picture looking north the next morning, 730 am
picture 11am 9/24
picture 1pm 9/24
sep. 25 7am, all of claremont is smoky! you can see fires burning (but probably better in this picture, the big one is too hazy).
by 5pm on the 25th, there is blue sky visible to the west. The fire is still burning strongly, but it has moved east of Claremont for the most part. It is still really smoky!