Well, there’s a fire up in Orange County close to my sister’s house. Like, she-can-see-the-flames close. So I’m stressed. They may have to evacuate. Meanwhile, my brother and pregnant sister-in-law (7 mos.) voluntarily evacuated to her parents’ house because the air quality was so bad where they live. And they live near the beach. Yup. One of the fires is moving rapidly west towards the coast.
Basically, there are fires to the east, south, and north of our place. At least there’s the ocean, no?
I can’t wrap my brain around this: So far, 500 homes lost in 24 hours. At LEAST 250,000 people evacuated countywide. Qualcomm Stadium packed with people. San Diego County Fairgrounds packed with livestock. Even a zebra. NO MORE hotel rooms left in San Diego. None. The whole thing is mindboggling. Really.
Sorry about all these posts about this. For various and very good reasons, I’m extremely phobic about fire.
Okay. Enough for now!
Scroll down and do my stupid Sunday test instead ‘kay? S’fun.
It’s good for us to have updates about this, just as it is probably helpful for you to post about the experience. I will continue to keep you and my So Cal neighbors in my prayers.
Sorry about posting? We want to know that you’re all right, Trey. Why wouldn’t you post about raging wildfires in your county? God keep you all safe.
You’re in my prayers – both prayers for protection and safety and for your peace of mind.
Like Nightfly said – don’t be sorry. This is what’s going on with you and everyone wants to know how you are. It’s relevant and perhaps sharing will also help diffuse stress a little.
Also, a big part of my motivation in reading blogs is to have increased awareness of the things happening around me in the world – things outside my own personal experience. I had a very stressful weekend. Reading this post is an important reminder that stress (or any sort of hardship) is relative and I don’t really have anything to complain about. After all, at the end of the day I’m not reassuring myself with the knowledge that the ocean is nearby.
I hope you and your family are well and you are in my prayers. Please continue to keep us posted.
Tracey, you’re in my prayers. And please do keep us updated.
Man, who could blame you for being stressed out??? Praying everybody will remain safe.
I didn’t take the Sunday test b/c I’d read through the whole thing, but now that it’s Tuesday I’ve probably forgotten all the spoilers–must submit to the test!
Tracey, please keep updating these posts so we know that you and you’re family are okay. Major news sources aren’t really doing the story justice at all so all I have to go on is what I read here. I will be keeping you and your family in my prayers…stay safe…