He's been on fire evacuation duty up at his sister's house in La Cresenta just east of me here in Valley Village. When they come and knock on your door, you really do have to leave your house and be prepared to move all the valuable things out, mostly important papers, your pets if you have any and yourself. Rob reminds me tonight that the love of our family is what keeps many of us going.
And that when a crisis is occurring, it's a good thing to have family to rely on.
I'm very blessed to have a loving and kind family.
For those of you that pray, please pray for families who's lives are being burned up even as I write this.
Last year I had two friends who lost everything in a fire. The house was gone in a matter of moments.
Tonight as I drove north on the 170 freeway to my house, I could see the outline of the hills in a deep, ominous orange glow. These fires are probably only less than 20 to 25 miles away.
They are burning away all the dry fuel that has been growing and dying up in those mountains for the past 40 years. Some people ask me how can I live here with our fires and potential earthquakcs?
I ask them how can you stand the snow, sleet, rain and extreme temperatures?
I love where I live. California is hearty and people rebuild. Just hopefully not in the path of the next firestorm.
Be well.
GM
After my Saturday morning yoga class at Bally's on Ventura Blvd, I jumped onto the back of my truck and took this shot. It's looking east toward Mt. Wilson where all of our radio/TV towers are located. It looks like a volcano has erupted.
CLOSEUP of Smoke from La Crescenta fire.
Notice the mountains in the bottom of the picture.
This smoke cloud is huge.
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