All of these great things are in motion and we’re poised to tell you about them but, to be honest, it’s difficult to pull our minds from the fires currently still raging throughout California. It’s not because we have interests and loved ones in some of the affected areas... but that’s certainly not making things any easier!
And so, like so many others, we sweat it out. We do whatever we can and, no matter what it is, when we’re done, we realize it’s not enough.
I was heartened to hear more and more positive reports throughout the day yesterday. And Thursday night, FOX 6 in San Diego had some good news, as well as much that was bittersweet:
Shelters are emptying and thousands of evacuees are being allowed to return home in the fire ravaged areas of Southern California.
But the full extent of destruction is still being tallied and several new areas are being evacuated, including an area south of San Diego where rural communities on the Mexican border are under threat.
The same article shares all of the numbers currently in hand: it’s a heartbreaking tally that indicates acres burned, houses destroyed, lives lost. You want to turn your head, but there’s just no place else to look. As the San Diego Union-Tribune reported a few days ago, “Regardless of ZIP code, we’re all in this together.”
For the most up-to-the-minute information available, check the state of California’s Cal Fire Mission Web site. The site includes updates on the status of all of California’s fires as well as preparedness information and what you can do to help.
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