Featured Strange Sights For Strange Times--what Weirdness Have You Seen Lately?

Thanks, Daniel. Yes, @Winglad, it is truly terrifying. We have some friends, one of whom is a riding buddy as well as Mr. Sandi's primary care physician, who may have to evacuate. It's stunning how quickly this fire got very, very bad. I feel not only for those humans who may have to evacuate but all the wildlife as well. I spoke with an employee at Tucson Harley-Davidson this afternoon and he told me that his girlfriend works at a nursing home that is being evacuated due to the fire. So they are dealing with that in the face of COVID-19.

We in Tucson lucked out last summer and were spared any bad fires. Not so this year--and it's only early June. . Thanks for thinking of us here in Tucson and for sharing the link, too.

 

I saw this unique example of socializing and social distancing while on my daily morning walk today. I couldn't see the person on the other side of the window but I could hear the gentleman in the photo talking. Or maybe he was just talking to the window. These are strange times.

 

The fire is still raging away, @BonnieCat, and it started two weeks ago on Friday. Many, many people have been evacuated including the people that live on our beloved Mt. Lemmon. From our house we can't really see flames anymore as the bulk of the fire is on the north side of the range. But the immense amounts of smoke over the mountain are so thick that it looks like the whole sky looks is filled with storm clouds. This video from a local news station a bit earlier today just makes me cry.

https://www.kold.com/2020/06/16/go-...dge-road-including-summerhaven-told-evacuate/

 

This was not a "weird" sight as the thread title says, but it was a beautiful one! This hawk was actually on the ground when I rounded a corner during my walk this morning. It flew up into a tree and I managed to pull out my iPhone to get a couple of photos. Then when it took off I got most--not quite all--of it in flight!

 

Yes, Nikki. It was started by a lightning strike. So at least not by some dumb shite who didn't put out a campfire which happens at least once or twice each summer. But when this fire was only 10 acres in size, a decision was made to let it burn away some grassy undergrowth which could--ironically--fuel a big fire. Well, the winds kicked up, the humidity dropped to less than 10% and here we are. The fire has now burned over 40,000 acres and is 40% contained.

 

Yes, Nikki, that's for sure. I can see doing a controlled burn but NOT during the hottest and driest time of the year here. What a massive, expensive, sad mistake with far and long-reaching consequences.

 

I saw these donuts strewn along the walking path yesterday morning. Escapees from the local Dunkin' Donuts? Donuts out for a morning walk? A fight between two folks using donuts as ammo? I can't quite imagine the story behind this photo. It's funny all the things I'm seeing on my morning walks these days if I just stay alert. Though I didn't have to be very alert to spot these donuts lying there!

 

Yep, pretty much every day that I go walking now I notice something unique, interesting, puzzling, or strange. I saw these two playing cards about 20 feet apart near a shopping complex recently. Impromptu midnight socially-distanced card game? Or were the King and the Queen just socially distancing themselves?

 

I saw this person yesterday at the beginning of my daily walk sitting on a low wall about 20 feet from our back gate. ??? A VERY strange and somewhat disturbing sight. But strange sights seem to becoming quite common lately.