We were allowed back into our neighborhood over the weekend and were excited to find our poor wind battered and smoke damaged house still standing.
Naturally I brought back a daily typewriter, but it was eerie to see what I’d last typed on it two weeks ago just before we had to evacuate.
Geez that must have been terrifying … Glad that you’re all okay!
so glad that your home and family (even the mechanical members) are safe and sound.
I’ve been silently waiting for an update and hoping for good news. I’m glad you and you loved ones were evacuated in time and are safe, and that despite the proximity of your home to the epicentre of the fire, it is still standing.
Of course, I’m also glad the typewriters survived, and hopefully your cherished index card filing cabinets.
Stay safe, and courage for the upcoming rebuilding and renovating.
Good that you sustained relatively light damages. Still, seeing your city decimated like this is likely to alter your views on life itself – even more so for the young ones once they begin to absorb the magnitude of the carnage.
The effect on the mind of seeing an area basically removed from the map, especially if one lives or works there, is not something that goes away in a week or two. There are ghosts of things vanished; your mind still tries to recreate them.
I’ll be thinking of you and of the others affected. Glad you and your family are okay.
I’m glad you’re okay!
Really relieved to hear that you and your family are OK. Can’t imagine what you’re going through seeing your community undergo this trauma… wishing you the best in the weeks and months to come as the process unfolds.