Links from Grandpa John

Intuitor Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics Remember, movies have to meet audience expectations to be believable, not scientifically accurate. "Dramatic truth" outweighs "scientific truth." We want to see the bad guys in the air flying through windows, etc. We want to hear the explosion in space when the Death Star is destroyed by an impossibly lucky shot.

Recent California fire map (This will take a while to download.)

And a satellite photo I found:

"Smoke from wildfires in southern California drifts over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday [November 2] in this image via NASA's Aqua satellite. NASA Photo via Associated Press" from San Francisco Chronicle.