I grew up in Granada Hills and my mom still lives in the house that
she and my dad bought 51 years ago. She was given notice to evacuate
but didn't go. She doesn't drive much anymore and made arrangements
to scoot out with a neighbor but they decided to stay. Apparently it
was unpleasant but bearable. Here is a snippet of her email to me
today.

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The black ash permeated everything...I swept off the patio a couple of
times and gave up. I’ve got black ash everywhere....it accumulates
wherever there is a hose or plant....it will take several rains to
clean up the landscape.... I feel very grateful to be complaining
about ash!!!
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I’m not crazy about her decision to stay because right behind our
house is a creek lined with eucalyptus trees (the creek is between the
fire and mom's house) and with the wind blowing embers in her
direction I shudder to think how quickly things could go south.

It sucks being so far away.

Barb
Bundaberg, Australia
s/y Arabella
www.sailinglinks.com


On Nov 16, 4:45*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> > Looks like Sylmar is a hot spot right now.
>
> > --
>
> Actually the fire jumped I 5 and is not threatening Granada Hills.
>
> For the live feed to to KNBC 4 LA and click on live feed.
>
> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/
>
> Dimitri