You know, I'm watching the news last week and seeing the reports of fires breaking out, and how they have no water pressure to put them out and I'm thinking "Why don't they find one of those forest fire-fighting planes that scoop up water from lakes and dump the flood waters on the fire?" I see now they're doing that, with some helicopter and a "bucket" on a string. I think they need me in Washington. Meanwhile, I'm still wondering why they didn't mobilize a CASH unit from 4th ID (a CASH is a Combat Army Surgical Hospital, a more up-to-date MASH unit) to take care of the sick and wounded. You want to bet there will be one in there to take care of the troops though? :roll: Hubby is planning a trip tonight at midnight to get some of our stuff. I'm thinking the clothes are history, but some of the electronics and my software might still be okay. It's a four hour drive on a clear road, so we're thinking anywhere from six hours up to thirteen like it took us to get here. I'm going to load him up with water, food, and get one of those pre-paid cell phones. Thank goodness for his retirement check and temporary living expenses from the home insurance company. I don't want him to go alone. He has some kind of eye infection going on, and I'm worried he'll get into the house and the carport will finally give in and collapse, or there's damage on the back side of the house that our friend who drove past wasn't able to see from the street. Our rear neighbor does have a humongous tree. And while it pains me to be petty at a time like this, the rich neighbor on our right, whose trees were doing significant damage to our house and our shed, who then tried to tattle on us to the city to force us to get the damage fixed before we could sue him to pay for the repairs, has now had one of his trees fall on his house. Since I think he's a lawyer, I may be excused for one small bit of petty behavior. Possibly. Meanwhile I say "Ha! It's justice!" That's karma for you... right back around in your face. Even if said neighbor didn't get to save his stately beige sedan, at least he saved his bright yellow pe... um, Corvette. Anyway, we've found a good deal on an apartment around the corner from my BIL's. This may mean I will be without internet service when we move in, we'll have to see. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be here for at least a week more. Then either moving time, or we're taking a week to go up to my grandmother's in Minnesota, or both. It's not like we have a lot of stuff to move, lol.