Slow Apocalypse
“They had to wind through some back streets, but eventually they came out onto San Vicente a few blocks north of Beverly and headed south along the long, gradual curve, having to dodge around only one fallen tree, and then the huge, hulking mass of the Beverly Center was looming before them, lit a pale orange by the fire to the north. In his rearview mirror Dave could see the fire covering the hillside. He assumed it wouldn’t spread quite as rapidly in the urbanized setting south of Sunset, but ...beyond that there was simply no telling how far it might reach.
The northern end of the Beverly Center was mostly intact, the Macy’s sign still on the slab side of the building above the parking levels. But there was something wrong down Beverly to the east. That part of the building seemed to have collapsed.
Straight ahead of them the road was reasonably clear, with the first of the high-rise buildings that made up the Cedars complex throwing back crazy reflections of the fire from hundreds of broken windows.MoreLess
The northern end of the Beverly Center was mostly intact, the Macy’s sign still on the slab side of the building above the parking levels. But there was something wrong down Beverly to the east. That part of the building seemed to have collapsed.
Straight ahead of them the road was reasonably clear, with the first of the high-rise buildings that made up the Cedars complex throwing back crazy reflections of the fire from hundreds of broken windows.MoreLess
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