Dodged the Bullet

Just heard from Randy -- he's back home!

The fire department started letting residents back into the neighborhood this evening. He said he's never been so happy to see his house. Everything is fine. All the vegetation along the roads and on the hills is scorched black. Most of that is probably the result of backfires set by the fire department. He said the landscape looks like an alien planet around there. But at least the family is fine and so is the house.