Smoke from Woolsey Fire over downtown Los Angeles

Yes, it really was that bad.

--S.H.

Anacapa Island during Western Gull nesting season

--S.H.

Politics in black and white

At Union Station in L.A.

--S.H.

Ohio River at flood stage in Cincinnati

UPDATE: I went back down Sunday (Feb. 25) when the river was a few feet higher -- just over 60 feet, the highest it had been since 1997. A couple pics: 












And the pics from six days earlier, President's Day: 









Took these Monday when the river was a couple feet over flood stage -- meaning some minor flooding. I've probably seen the river this high in my lifetime, but my life is long enough now that I can't quite remember it. Plenty of other folks were also in downtown Cincy and Covington taking pics.

--S.H.