Fire Update

I got some good news in the inbox. It came from Jeff Weidner, and it dealt with his brother. This is what he wrote.

"Hey Uncle Mike, I wanted to give you an update on my brother's house, everything is fine, his house was spared in the fire. Also, my mom says she is sorry that she is always in a chipper mood but that's how she has always been, she really doesn't know how to tell people about bad news, trust me I know. Anyway hope all is well in the east coast and I love reading your blogs. Peace and Love,

Your nephew Jeff"

That's not everything in his e-mail. I did a little editing. But hopefully Jeff will enjoy reading today's blog since he's a part of it. By the way I think it's fine, in fact it's great that my sister Janet is always in a good mood. Of course now that the fire has passed she has reason to be.

Right now the biggest concern is my niece who lives in the San Diego area. I'm still not sure if her home is okay. But hopefully there will be another update in the inbox with some good news.

Thanks to everyone who has read my blogs about the fires and expressed concern. I have one viewer who even e-mailed one of the blogs to family members in Southern California. Yesterday on the 9am show I spoke with my sister in Santa Clarita. Patty Bloomfield is a school teacher. Her home was threatened by one of the fires. On the air she pointed out that five family members were at risk of losing everything. Patty actually loaded up her car with all of the important documents and she was preparing to leave. The winds shifted, and the fire went in another direction.

Patty is one of the lucky ones, but there is so much misery in the state in which I was born. I think about how many family members I have who were threatened and I think of how many people in California are going through the same thing. Hopefully firefighters will turn the corner on all the fires today, and tomorrow people can begin to think about rebuilding.