By this time I was pretty sure that it was not a car fire. The smoke looked white and I expected a car fire to produce darker or even black smoke.
I'll tell you one thing, I didn't anticipate ever adding more pictures to this album!
You can't see him very well but there is a fireman in a yellow fireman's coat and a black hat standing down next to the fire, which appears to be a brush fire … or actually a “ground” fire. I hesitate to call it a brush fire because it looks like the only thing burning was leaves and grass. Laying on the ground at the right you can just make out the hose from the water truck, but at present it doesn't look like water is running through it.
My glimpse was fleeting due to traffic (and the fact that I am driving!)
How much do you want to bet that this was started by some knucklehead tossing a cigarette butt out the window of his or her car? ![]()
I found this awesome video via the equally awesome Bad Astronomy blog. I'm not big on card tricks, but this one is really amazing, and you might learn something from it as well.