It was the night of JennyO's folk club & I was with her when she decided to return home! We ran the show without her - one of the artists was also in a fire zone & a group of shanty singers sang without their bass. The audience was also a bit sparse, but a good night was had by all.

As I live in a inner city apartment & don't have a car, I'm not sure what I would grab if I had to leave suddenly. The only time I ever was in a similar situation (someone was in the nearby shopping arcade locked in a shop saying a lot of irrational things like I've got a BOMB!!), what I did miss was a change of clothes as I made the trip to distant suburbia to stay the night with my brother cos the police wouldn't let us in our building.

As Jenny said the fires are quieter now but we know they will flare up again somewhere in the next few weeks/months & we will go thru it all again. Last count was 42 homes lost & 1 person dead

sandra