San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan made an apt comparison when describing the skies over the team's practice facility in Santa Clara, California.
While not quite matching the hue in San Francisco on Wednesday, Santa Clara's orange-tinted atmosphere made for a jarring visual:
David LombardiJimmy Garoppolo warms up at the 49ers’ first 2020 regular season practice. The sky isn’t nearly as apocalyptic in Santa Clara as in San Francisco https://t.co/GM28aRayxG
"We just got back in from walkthrough and it's orange out here, too," Shanahan told reporters.