Thank you everyone.

Waiting to hear how my brother and family fared last night. They live in an alpine region, with a pine tree plantation just across the way.

Bit too early to get in touch with his wife, who is staying in a shelter in town along with her daughter and pets. I certainly don’t want to distract him.

Finally daylight, not looking forward to catching up with the news as to what happened during the night. They were predicting a horrendous day and night.

We’re still fairly safe our closest fire is 20 miles away.

Our town is the little blue dot about third of the way up the page.