Me too! I think that's what kept me from getting bitter...how truly fortunate we were...the police kept saying that over and over. It could have been much worse, thank God, it wasn't! I count our blessings every day!
Well, it's so hot here with low humidity that in Northern Orange County there is a raging fire going on in Anaheim Hills. It was started by a car and it's so windy it took off. The fire dept. had to evacuate 200 homes but it's now 50% contained so the people can go back home. Tomorrow is expected to be warmer, which means continued red flag (high fire) warnings for the OC and Inland Empire. We live at the base of a hilly ecological reserve (called the Santa Rosa Plateau)--we have brush within a few streets of our home, which is unnerving during this heat. Hopefully it will pass so that the brush won't be of fire concern. We lived near Laguna Canyon in 1994 when they had the big fires....it was so terrifying that I have no desire to go through again. There was fire on every ridge surrounding our house...you could feel the heat and see the ashes and embers in the air. Scarey! Hey east coast...send some snow our way!!!