So My Home Town Burned Down

[labingi]

Yep, my home town has been one of the casualties of the California fires, specifically the Sonoma County fires. As far as I have heard, everyone I know is safe and well.

We don't know yet if our house survived. It's way up a hill where they're not going to get video from emergency responders driving by, and the mandatory evacuation is still in effect, so the tenants can't go back to see. All in all, as the photos start to come in, the damage is not as bad as it was in my head. The plants are going to come back fast, which is a comfort.

Comments

[whitebird]

This map shows there were three hot spots pretty close by to your Glen Ellen home, but they're on the periphery, so there's still hope.

https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.36946,-122.53042&z=13&b=hyb&a=modis_mp

[labingi]

Thanks. I think you're safe in Petaluma (at least for now)? Yeah, around Warms Springs Rd., it's been hit and miss. One house is gone, its neighbor standing. Melanie's childhood house is gone.

[whitebird]

I'm safe in Rohnert Park, for now (moved a few years ago.) That's bad about Melanie's house, I'm sorry. My next thing is finding out if my Thursday client's house in Oakmont survived. It's right on the edge of things too. :/

[lilacsigil]

I'm so sorry. I hope your house is ok, and I'm glad that you and your family weren't in it.

[labingi]

Thanks for your kind thoughts. :)

[whitebird]

Funky, I can't read your follow-on post to this...

[labingi]

Odd. Other people seem to be reading it. We are DW friends (or accessy), aren't we?