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