It's interesting how sometimes people are drawn to events like moth to a flame (no pun intended) but other times, they're not. Reminds me of an incident last year when I was up in West Hollywood. I had just parked on a main street and there was a wildfire less than a mile away. Since the street basically pointed straight at the small but fierce fire, anyone on the street had an excellent view of the action. Lot's of flame and smoke and literally at the doorstep of urban downtown civillization. However, looking around at the drivers and pedestrians on this busy street, very few people seemed to be that interested beyond a casual glance that way. YMMV I guess.

Chris, what exactly were the citations for? Just curious if it was for blocking the road with their vehicles, or are there no-gawking ordinances out there that I'm not aware of.