Michelle & Don, Alan & Denise, Grant & Dena, Marcie & Tom, Kathy & Frank,

Marc and I are thinking about you and hope the best for all of you. I cannot imagine the fear you must be feeling. Please keep us posted and let us know your status as you can.

Years ago when we were in Florida there were great fires there and I can remember standing outside, seeing the embers floating all around and the smell of the smoke. As scary as it was, we didn't have a home in the way, like many of you all do. I simply cannot imagine being there and being able to do nothing but wait and see.

It is difficult to get news over here and I have been searching the internet for maps of the fires but can't find any. (Probably the fires are moving and changing so fast they can't even prepare maps.)

One of the areas of San Diego that is burnning used to be "my neck of the woods" when I lived there. It is so sad to see. I saw on the internet that 29 school disctricts are closed in San Diego County. So very very sad.