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 I am going back on my word tonight

    Yesterday I said I was not going to be serious because the world is a mess .

    But I am going to take that back for tonight. 

    A while ago I mentioned a house for sale in California.  It cost 35 million and was on land about 1/3 of our lot.  If I  remember, it had several thousand square feet, a couple of pools, guest house and it was for sale because the owner did not use it except for a get away place.

    It was located at the foot of the Hollywood sign.

    That house, and that sign, are gone.

    I feel powerless to do anything.  I keep seeing videos posted of neighborhoods just gone.

    I wonder to myself.  What would I take if I had to evacuate?  The family of course.  The dog for sure.  But how could I gather all the photos of our lives?  Or find the financial information and insurance policies we may need?  What about the other memories that can't be carried?  Medicine?  Clothes??

    My heart breaks for the folks in California.  

    It will take years to rebuild, if that is even possible.  Shortages of workers and materials will compound the rebuild.  So will disposal of the debris.  Where do you put it all?

    Where will the people displaced live?  What happens if their jobs are gone?

    Insurance rates across the country will go up as companies struggle to find revenues to pay claims.  We will all complain, but the pain of a rate increase will be far less than the pain people are going through in California.

    Prayers be with them.  And rain.  Rain would help.

Peace and Love