All hands here are okay so far although the area is not yet stabilized as you can tell from the news. We have friends who have been evac'd and others who are hosting scores of evacuees from neighboring communities. We have no immediate danger where we are but until the night is over and we see what the winds are going to do we cannot tell exactly what may transpire. Airport is closed apparently -- we ar e trying to get an update on that.

But the Gaelic Goddess is in excellent hands and we have had a wonderful day in Mexico visiting the renowned Bufadora (blowhole) and seeing life in previously unvisited regions, so we were not part of the general alarums that built up today. This weekend which was supposed to be an escape from stress not only included music and walks on the beach but also included visiting a foreign country and participating in a major county crisis!!

We are readying critical stuff in case there is a shift of wind and we come into the line of fire march but at this time it is not a problem. My instinct is that we will have it beaten back by morning -- I can only hope I am right.

So far so good -- more as we learn it. If my online connection fails I will phone through to Swanno or TGG's Layne to get updates posted.

Hang tough, thanks for the good wishes...

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