Ya, the fires usually get some coverage; dramatic footage and all, they can’t resist. Personally, I’ll take heavy rain over a firestorm. The one behind behind my house two years ago scorched half a million acres; everything charcoal. Funny thing is, that fire was 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Can you imagine the coverage of something like that being 15 miles from Manhattan? ;) When a true firestorm hits a community, there’s nothing you can do but run through the smoke; the heat is so intense you have to stay two blocks ahead of it, and it rushes at you at the speed of a car. Heavy rain like you’re having would be a disaster if it hit here, we would have flash floods, but you guys are more prepared for that kind of weather; I think you guys will do fine. I remember the ‘93 floods too. That did get solid coverage, but again, that was a true disaster. Only when NY or DC is potentially involved do we get the true hysteria coverage. Anyway, good luck.
Thank you. And I didn’t mean to say firestorms aren’t bad - they are. Luckily neither my brother nor uncle have been affected, being in L.A I guess. Nor my other relatives such as in AZ.