"It took 14 years to build the Brooklyn Bridge." Why? It was the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge at the time it was built. Don't know what brought this into my head - I guess maybe because everything moves so quickly today that the thought of a bridge taking that long is surprising. And it's only a little more than a mile long.
Yesterday afternoon the smoke from the fire was going straight up - this is above Mt. Wilson. Today, some of it is down here in the flatlands. The size is growing, although more slowly. It still threatens homes, but most of it is back in inaccessible terrain.
