First I just want to let everyone know that we are all ok. The fire did creep close to our back door last Monday, within a few hours of my blog post outlining the various items we would need to transport with us in the event of an evacuation. For those of you familiar with my area, the fire came as close as the mountains behind the Vons/Sears shopping center, which is about 2 miles or so from my house. They did end up evacuating residents on the other side of the freeway, but the location of the reservoir at the base of the mountains averted any real danger to the members of my community. Ironically enough, the reservoir that saved our houses from an assault of volcanic proportions is fittingly named the Sweetwater Reservoir, I could have never predicted how sweet the water would turn out to be. (more…)

October 28th, 2007 | Realpolitik, Natural Disasters | 4 comments

Today has been a whirlwind to say the least… I received a call at about 6 am this morning from my office manager asking me to go into our other office to call patients and let them know the office would be closed today and tomorrow. I spent two hours with a co-worker calling people, all while the radio sounded with warnings for all “non-essential” personnel to remain at home, indoors, and taking precautions to remain safe. The rest of the day went relatively smoothly, I ran some errands, and tried to nap off a killer headache that resulted from a restless night of sleep the night before. (more…)

October 22nd, 2007 | Natural Disasters, The House | 2 comments