10-23-2007, 03:09 PM
A friend of mine flies to Santa Fe every other year or so, and then drives back to Santa Barbara. He just enjoys the scenery, clean air and time to clear his head (if you know So Cal - these are importent). He stops at a small roadside bar where he has become a visiting regular. Patrons usually give him a good natured hard time about being from La La Land, being laid back and the usual digs at California.
This spring, he went and got a different welcome. They figured that after Floods, Fire Storms, Mudslides, Riots and the usual traffic - folks from So Cal were a lot tougher than they figured!
We are. No one is panicked. People are heeding (for the most part) requests of officials to evacuate (which now has displaced more people than Katrina!) and are coping as best we can. We like living in the desert, on the ocean, up in the mountains. When you move to LA, you have to decide what climate and geology you prefer to live in. There are risks for each, but we live with them because we like it here. We'll rebuild and we'll rebound.
Most amazingly, with hundreds of square miles up in flames, hundreds of houses lost and more than a quarter million people out of their homes we've lost but one life. There is nothing that can be said for the Fire Fighters, Cops and EMTs of California and our neighboring states. Hands down, they are the Best.
Like our Governator says, "We'll be back."
This spring, he went and got a different welcome. They figured that after Floods, Fire Storms, Mudslides, Riots and the usual traffic - folks from So Cal were a lot tougher than they figured!
We are. No one is panicked. People are heeding (for the most part) requests of officials to evacuate (which now has displaced more people than Katrina!) and are coping as best we can. We like living in the desert, on the ocean, up in the mountains. When you move to LA, you have to decide what climate and geology you prefer to live in. There are risks for each, but we live with them because we like it here. We'll rebuild and we'll rebound.
Most amazingly, with hundreds of square miles up in flames, hundreds of houses lost and more than a quarter million people out of their homes we've lost but one life. There is nothing that can be said for the Fire Fighters, Cops and EMTs of California and our neighboring states. Hands down, they are the Best.
Like our Governator says, "We'll be back."