Thursday, May 22, 2008

Updates, again!

Hi guys! So many things are coming up and have passed!

Here's the scoop: I just finished my last final this afternoon and I am SO excited to be done for the semester! I have 1 1/2 weeks of vacation and then summer classes start...

There was a fire today in the Santa Cruz mountains. It started about 10 miles from my cottage in the Los Gatos Hills at about 5:30 am. So far, it has burned 3,200 acres and over 10 people have lost their homes and it is only 15% contained. Corralitos Santa Cruz and Watsonville are all in danger. And because of the recent 30-40+ MPH winds have been coming and going all throughout the day, the entire fire has been influenced and guided by the heavy winds. Fortunately the winds will die down and a cooler wind will come from Canada's coast over the evening. Gilroy firefighters are getting ready to fight the fire tomorrow and possibly Saturday.

Just to let you know, we are SAFE from harm's way. Because of the direction the wind is blowing, Los Gatos and our cottage is fine. Please pray for the families that evacuated and/or have lost their homes and also for the firefighters' strength to continue fighting this rapid-spreading fire.

That's all for now!

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