Monday
October 22nd, 2007
I hate to put up two depressing posts in a row, but the fact is we’re sitting at home today, watching multiple fires storm mercilessly across San Diego county. I can’t complain about the low-grade burn of smoke in my lungs when I’m sitting in my safe, intact home, watching destruction just miles away from the comfort of my couch. My fingers are crossed for everyone we know who has a home in the path of the flames, and I’ve bitten my fingernails watching the stories of those who have already seen their homes disintegrate.
Seems this is part of life in the west. I always thought about earthquakes when I moved here, but not the fires. My life experience with weather disasters has been limited to snowstorms and hurricanes. Single digit humidity combined with gray skies and air that hurts to breathe is not something that ever entered my mind when I moved here.
The Husband just saw the address of his childhood home crawl across the lower third of our TV screen, part of a list of residences that burned. I never thought I’d ever wish so hard for the wind to subside.
so sad and I am so sorry.
I knew that I’d miss snow when leaving MA for CA, but I never thought it’d be this much.
I’m actually looking forward to Guam at this point.