Well, those fires caused quite a bit of damage and now the mountains around us are like dirt, dust, ash, and a few burnt twigs. Not much is left to hold the mountain together. The first time it rained hard, there wasn't much mud flow. The second time it rained hard, practically the whole top layer of mountain came down and we spent weeks having to drive over mud on our street. Since our street's private, the city wouldn't clean it up. Finally, my parents spent $2500+ sandbagging and clearing the street because since we're the top house, we're the only ones it effected. Even so, it only effected our driving our cars up to the driveway. The water and mudflow was confined to the drainage ditch and the street. The mountain is on the east side of our house which is practically the only part that didn't burn, and across the street behind the neighbor's house...so it will hit her house and run down hill. We're not in the path of that. Despite that, we were told this morning at 9am that we would be expected to evacuate and they made us sign a "refusal to leave" or something like that. Since my parents aren't into evacuating, we're stuck at our house until they lift the evacuation order which won't be for 4 or 5 days provided the forecast says sunny skies.
My mother was bored by noon, but my dad and I don't really get bored. We have these things called hobbies. My mother's even going to risk not being able to come back so she can see her therapist which is insane...I'd like to go to the store and work and therapy but I'd also like to be able to come home, so those things can wait. She says if she can go to therapy tomorrow that I can go to work in the afternoon, but I don't take vacations and I just covered for my sister for three months while she was on maternity leave so I think she can cover for me for a couple days. I'm afraid my mother'll get a different cop that will let her back in, but the cop I drive by won't. They have to know which residents signed the "refusal to leave" thing to let us back in. Who's to say the cop I get will know or CARE. I just think my mother's being unreasonable and projecting her boredom onto me. I'm fine, though a little concerned I'll run out of DIET COKE...but if I do I'll live...I'll drink water. And like I said, I don't get bored. The whole thing irritates me and scares me and makes me want to just stay in bed and sleep so I don't have to think about it.
