Potentially bad news.
Update #1: BAD BAD BAD NEWS! Our street is on fire. We don't know if our house will survive. Very windy and dry. Absolutely horrible.
OC Register reports on my street:
"Alder Avenue in Yorba Linda is ablaze
November 15th, 2008, 4:29 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Martin Wisckol, politics reporter
Register reporter Erin Welch arrived on Alder Avenue in Yorba Linda just as Stanton firefighters attacked a blaze at **** Alder. The house appears to be a total loss, Welch said.
Welch talked with resident Dave Smith, who lives across the street at **** Alder. Smith said he left his children’s soccer game to rush home to protect his house. He and other residents of the street used garden hoses to wet down their houses. All of Alder Avenue is under mandatory evacuation."
Update #2: The house survived. Dad and Dave next door saved our houses. Dave really saved them when he got there as the fire engulfed the neighborhood and was burning palm trees in our front yards. Dad returned on foot to help fight after getting grandma out of the area. He ran up as Dave was on his roof fighting fire surrounding the houses. We're allowed back in our house but the house across the street is still on fire. We're making sandwiches for the eight Manhattan Beach fire fighters that are knocking down the remaining flames. It's hard to see the full damage right now. In the morning I'll take a walk and post pictures. Newscasts report 67 homes burned but I think it's more than that.
