Comments on: Brand New Day after Fire, Smoke, and Evacuation

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:43:10 +0000

Is there insurance for damage due to snow? Or is that covered under “flood”?

By: fragileheart

fragileheart — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:33:37 +0000

I dunno... fire seems to destroy more and faster than snow can! fragileheart´s last blog post..When you’re spent

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:02:49 +0000

Thanks Reggy.

Looking back, would I rather trade the fire for the snow in Toronto? Hmm! Same nightmare, I think.

By: fragileheart

fragileheart — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:04:35 +0000

So glad to hear you guys are ok!

What a nightmare to have had to go through

By: IE6 Must Die! | The Blog of Rudy Amid

IE6 Must Die! | The Blog of Rudy Amid — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:50:58 +0000

[...] Steve and Lin have reported my site crashed their Internet Explorer 6 browsers. I’ve tested it using a Windows 2000 machine at work, and confirmed it. I’ve been trying to figure out which plugin or sidebar widget does this. I found the Lightbox 2 plugin was the problem. I really like this plugin, but not enough to lock out my readers who are still stuck with IE6. I’ll find an alternative. [...]

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:45:58 +0000

Thanks, Lin. The looting reports really makes me mad too. Talk about spineless and heartless. I heard people as far as LA drive to OC just to steal things. Unbelievable.

@mariano: Even though we had ample time, the problem was the smoke started to get in the house. So we had to go sooner for our safety.

By: mariano

mariano — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:58:23 +0000

Great that you had a good time with your friends. Sudden evacuation is really messy, but you seem to have a pretty reasonable time!

By: Lin Burress @ Telling It Like It Is

Lin Burress @ Telling It Like It Is — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:20:08 +0000

Rudy, I'm glad you and your family are alright. I've never been up close and personal to a fire and I hope I never do. I can only imagine how frightening it would be. It's wonderful that there were people who offered your family a place to stay while you waited things out, and I'm sure it's a great relief to know everything at your home was fine and nothing stolen. Hearing reports of people stealing people's belongings during a crisis really ticks me off. @Steve, I have also found that Rudy's blog and others as well tend to crash with IE. We have IE at work, so I have to be really careful which blog sites I visit when I'm at work. On Firefox I have no problems. Lin Burress @ Telling It Like It Is´s last blog post..Guy Finley: The Secret of Letting Go

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:07:38 +0000

Hey Steve,

The fire was never this close to my house before. It usually stays well east of Toll Road 241 and south of I-91. The Santa Ana winds usually blow south too, but for the past few days it was blowing northeast more. Very freaky.

Seeing the fire and smoke up close were terrifying. What comforted me during this ordeal was seeing the large contingent of fire trucks and water-dropping helicopters. Kudos to the LAFD and OCFD!

By: Trade Show Guru

Trade Show Guru — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:11:29 +0000

hi Rudy, Glad to hear you're ok. We had to get ready to evacuate earlier this year because of the Gap fire, but the order never came through. It is very sobering. Then this latest series of fires started up here in SB with the Tea fire, and a house we used to live in was about 5 houses away from one that burned down. These fires are a real wake up call. Again, I'm glad you and your family are ok, and I really feel for those families that have lost their houses. By the way, if you have the time and you're a social networking type, would you read my latest post and see if you can plug Will's article? Thanks. ~ Steve (aka the trade show guru) PS. Your blog still crashes in IE6 so I'm using Firefox via my laptop. I may be the last person on earth using IE6. Just wanted to let you know. Trade Show Guru´s last blog post..Please help Will