Thanks so much for all your concern and support. I think it was much scarier for Eric and Claudia. We are lucky to be close by the beach so the flames are unlikely to get to this side of the freeway. But when I got back home tonight the air is thick with the smell of smoke. It must have been very close for a lot of people that lived closer to the hills. It seems well under control now but was completely out of control early today.

In Southern California if it's not an earthquake or a wildfire then its a mud slide. But for some unknown reason we all insist on living here. Gotta be a bit crazy to live around LA I guess




[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 11-18-2005).]