Gone to save my house...

Watch live streaming video of the Porter Ranch Fires. We are being evacuated. I'll keep you posted. I pray everything is going to be ok.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/livenow?id=6446487

Latest Edit @ 11:05PM

THANK YOU ALL for your prayers and well wishes. I wish I could personally thank each and every one of you, because it really means a lot to have people around during a crazy time, all my friends, even some whom I've have never met or hardly talk to- have OPENED their doors and hearts to me and their hospitality. (Thanks ROBYN!) It truly is a scary feeling to think that everything you worked so hard for can be gone in a flash. I rushed home from work to make sure my grandparents were ok, there were so many police officers and fire fighters all over the place- it literally looked like a scene from a movie. Everything was SO chaotic, people turned streets into parking lots, just watching in horror and feeling so helpless wondering if their property is ok. Everyone was making a mad dash to get away from this area. I know we get that question, "What would you take with you when there's a fire?" (or some other catastrophe), and it's crazy when it happens to you because you really want to save everything and you know you can't. Of course you grab photo albums, pictures, documents, all the important things...but everything I own is important or sentimental in some way. Perhaps because I worked hard for everything I have...MY blood and sweat, it's mind boggling to even think what to take or to leave behind.

The fires are still raging, some have spread, I can see the fires from my house and the smoke is so thick. Some of my neighbors, including us, have gone back to our homes. Luckily the fire isn't right in our backyard, unlike those who live in the other gated community where 10 homes were lost. We packed everything just in case we need to get out again, with these 55mph winds they said embers can fly our way, so I am just keeping a close eye. I have packed a lot of clothes to last a few weeks, shoes, socks, photos, essentials, and yes- even makeup! Hey some of those are LIMITED EDITION items! LOL. But I stored everything in my car just in case I can't come back home later tomorrow.

All the streets around my house were blocked so no one- even residents, were allowed in, the BF tried to get here after work and was unable to so he stayed at his mom's house. I am not sure if it's still blocked but I hope things get better tomorrow and they are able to contain the fires. There are many evacuation sites setup, but not too many for overnight stays, only the Sheperd of the Hills Church near my house. They have setup cots and food for those who have lost their homes or those who were closely affected by these fires.

EDIT:

2,000 acres burned, the house smells like smoke and my neighborhood looks like a ghost town everyone is leaving or has left...

Views near/from my house