Another Fire!

My husband woke me up at 4:30 this morning; our house smelled of smoke.

In his sleepy state, he thought I was burning something in the kitchen, but as he gained consciousness, he realized that something somewhere nearby was on fire.

Yup, the Santa Anas are back. That's one of the reasons I went out to Hollywood a couple of days ago to take some photos. And because it's mid-November (not October), I wasn't really thinking that we would have another fire... even after the news of the blaze up in Montecito.

And it never occurred to me that the same neighborhoods that were threatened a month ago would find themselves under siege again.

This new fire broke out in Sylmar around 10:00 last night. About an hour ago, it jumped the 5 and 210 freeways and is heading into the neighborhoods that were touched by last month's Sesnon fire.

The winds are pretty fierce right now - a lot worse than the ones we had in October. The police have been in my neighborhood, ordering evacuations (we are two blocks south of the evacuation zone).

My husband (who had scoffed at me last month when I packed a suitcase in case of evacuation) was the one who insisted on being prepared this morning. He just took down his big desktop computer and hauled it into his car (priorities). Fortunately, I took photos of everything in the house then.

So we're prepared.

While I wait for evacuation orders, I thought I'd let you know I put up my review of the Chevy Traverse over at SoCal Stuff (I bet the folks at GM are happy they picked the car up from me YESTERDAY)-- and the drawing for the tickets to the L.A. Auto Show is still open! (Don't worry -- the winning tickets will be sent by the folks organizing the show, so they will still be available even if my house is not.)

Comments

[Karen S.]

OMG--keep us posted. I hope you and your home are alright. Don't take any chances. . . Gulp.