Update On My Parents' House

My mom and sister had to travel for a family event and they got back Monday night. My mom's flight was delayed, so she missed her transportation back to her house, so I had to drive a few hours to take her home. On the drive home at around 11 p.m., I saw three huge glowing fires.

Then we finally got home. When we looked behind our house, it looked like one of the fires wasn't too far away. By this time it was 2 a.m., we decided to pack up just in case we were told to evacuate. We packed up the house, then we went to my aunt's house (she was out of town at the time). The fire was really close to her house. When my sister asked the only lady she saw on my aunt's street what was going on, the lady said that they were told to evacuate at 5 p.m. - my sister and mom were evacuating at 2 a.m. At 2 a.m., the fire was literally across the street and the nearby street was closed and blocked off.

The winds cooperated by the grace of God and my aunt and parents' houses were saved. There's no doubt in my mind that if the Santa Ana winds did not subside that night, our houses may not be still standing.

I'm okay and my family's okay, but I can not say the same for the thousands of people who have lost their homes. Thank you to those who commented. I really appreciate it.

<3

Joy A

* Most of my posts will be made later today. POTP will get back to our normal posting schedule next week.