Just heard from my family. One of my uncles lives with his family in Ramona, CA and has already evacuated. They (he, my aunt, their 3 dogs, 2 cats, and 3 parrots) are staying with my other uncle and his wife, who lives in Carlsbad, CA. There's already a half inch of ash in the yard in Carlsbad. :| They're prepping the house and yard as best they can but there's not a lot you can do against a hurricane with fire instead of rain. :| :|

Hope everyone on my f-list and your families are doing okay. And I hope California gets some rain STAT.

I just saw that Alexis Cruz will again be appearing at the NJ con! Woo hoo! I'm still seriously bummed to be missing Steve Bacic but Alexis was a really nice guest. He has a lot of depth and is a *thoughtful* guy. Very interesting. I'm sorry I won't have Steve to drool over but Alexis is also very pretty. Now, if only they'd book Teryl. *sigh*