This is among the most appalling satellite images of a wildfire that I've ever seen

The obscuring smoke from the Thomas Fire — now 70 percent as large as L.A. — smothers a large swath of SoCal's coast.
I've seen my share of satellite images of wildfires. And whether it has been the size, the intensity, or the massive spread of billowing smoke, quite a few have horrified me.So when I saw the view above of the Thomas Fire blazing between Ventura and Santa Barbara, it wasn't as if I had never encountered anything like it. Even so, when I f