Very hard, Ebbie. The only reason my friends and sisters are going out at all is to let their pets go potty.:-)

Sadly, one friend called at noon, today. It seems not 10 minutes after they finished loading up stuff from their place on Goose Egg, the fire engulfed everything and it is gone. One person said it sounded like a frieght train coming down the canyon. They didn't live out there, but had all of the ex's woodworking tools/shop, some other stuff and the plan was to retire out there later on. It is so badly burnt no one is sure anything will come back next Spring, but i think it will. Her ex said the only way you can even tell there was a two story cabin there was the foundation is still visible. Even the two steel pillars which reinforced the upstairs disintegrated. They are calling this the "100 year fire" ...the big they've all known would come. Now, they have 40 mph winds, but a cold front is moving in. If it moves in fast enough they may not lose anymore homes.