Michele,

You know how much we have been thinking of you and Don, as well as all others affected throughout SOCAL. This is far and away the WORST Santa Ana event I can ever recall in the 38 years we've lived here.

No sleep for us, either. I heard planes, on and off, all night. We are very close to John Wayne Airport and I can only imagine the sight from above, not to mention navigating landings.

Winds are whipping again right now. We just heard that voluntary evacation in our area has been called off. Yet, the winds dictate the direction we need to take as the day goes on.

Bless the firefighters who, tirelessly, fight these blazes to ensure our safety and that of our properties.

For you, Michele and Don, as well as all those actually and/or potentially in harms way, prayers and thoughts that we all come through the safely. SOCAL is an inferno of monumental proportions.

Please let us all check in. LCT friends are so important to us.