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California Fires
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.
Hope everyone on my f-list and your families are doing okay. And I hope California gets some rain STAT.
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My family should be okay. They're resourceful and have the means to get out and to rebuild as needed. It wouldn't be easy but at least that isn't an additional worry for them. In the meantime, though, *I* am worrying. I'd prefer to be the one facing the crisis because it doesn't leave me time to worry, you know?
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I saw a fire plume on the news that was spinning like a tornado. It really was just like a tornado of fire instead of wind. Terrifying.
I'm glad your relatives and their pets are safe. I'm afraid even with resources the rebuilding is going to be painful - getting permits, making sure the land isn't ready to slide down a hill with the next good rainfall, etc.
Sorry, I know I'm really negative at this point, so just ignore me. It's just they're predicting yet another hot, bone dry winter, and I swear this region just can't take that. :(
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Tornado fire? Extremely scary.
I don't mean to belittle the difficulty of rebuilding or the pain of losing one's house (and all of its contents). That's no small thing and it's life-changing. I try to look on the positive side, though, and I'm thankful that if they do lose everything, they have the means to rebuild with. There are a lot of people who lost everything who will be far worse off than they. As of yesterday, my uncle whose house is in Ramona, has a functioning answering machine at his place so we're assuming at least part of his house is still there.
It's easy to get down when you see a lot of destruction and suffering all around you. As someone who *needs* rain to be happy, I know how depressing it is be in a drought. I think I'm sort of backwards from the usual SAD patients. :) If I don't see rain often enough, I get moody and negative.
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I knew you weren't belittling the rebuilding process, and there's nothing wrong with looking on the bright side. I'm just finding that difficult because I'm here in the middle of it, breathing sooty air and longing desperately for rain (I used to hate rain; that should tell you how bad the draught is, that I get hopeful every time I see clouds).
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I completely understand your position. We weren't hit by Katrina but the overwhelming sense of disaster and depression at watching folks lose everything was just incredibly awful and something I would prefer to never repeat.
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