Update: My family is back in their homes (except my aunt and uncle who are still in Europe). Our neighborhood is now in a warning zone. The weather cooperated over the weekend and the firefighters were able to fight the fire.
Here we go again. The Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara has caused already the loss of 80 homes. Over 30,000 people have been evacuated and the fire is only 10% contained. Some of the over 12,000 homes evacuated are my families.
My family is safe. My father is actually in Boston right now and my aunt and uncle are in Europe. So my mom evacuated our house, my aunt and uncle's house, my grandma, and my grandparents. My grandparents are with extended family in Ventura (just south of Santa Barbara, where the earthquake was yesterday). The fire has not, so far, come near our homes but the weather can change at any moment.
We have our fingers crossed. With all the recent fires and the Painted Cave fire (which basically burned half of SB when I was younger) everyone has evacuations down to a science. All irreplacable items (family photos, etc) are all in one place and its a grab and go situation. Unfortunately, that's a reality in Santa Barbara recently.
For more information I have found the Santa Barbara Independent to be the best source at http://www.independent.com/.
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Grandma and I have spent a comfortable 2 nights in the ocnference room at Mike's company. It was hard to drive away from the house on Thursday night, but I knew I had most of the things that needed to be saved. We're not over the hurdles yet but the weather seem to be cooperating today.
Mom
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