In Reply to: Sorry To Hear Your Bad News. posted by NYBruin on January 13, 2025 at 21:00:20
mikeo, I'm so very sorry you've lost your home, but I'm very glad to know that you and your family are okay. Tough times are ahead for so many.
NYB, if you were referring to me in your last paragraph, I can report that I'm okay. If it wasn't me, then I join you in hoping for a fellow BZer's well being.
I was among the entirety of western Altadena to be evacuated just before 3:30 a.m. last Wednesday. I'm safe and staying with friends in Palos Verdes for an unknown amount of time. I brought a number of important things with me, but left a lot in my house. Fortunately, my house and most of the immediate neighborhood are among the few that survived. (There was a large bush, a couple of old motorcycles, and a few other items in my backyard that burned and I have no idea at all why the flames didn't spread.) Anyway, because of smoke damage and utility issues it might be weeks before I'll be able to go back home to stay.
On a lighter note, a friend suggested that this would be a good time for me to go spend a month with my friends in the Philippines. I told him I am seriously thinking of going there, but not until college basketball season is over. He laughed and suggested that my priorities are messed up, haha.
Be safe, everyone!