Today Steve Hope and I got a ride with law enforcement to check out the Ozmen's and our place, side by side properties at mile 3. The journey there was grim and sad. The destruction on the lower Soda Canyon flats was brutal and nearly complete. I only observed the Grassi house still standing, but may have missed details from the caged back seat of the squad car.
The Ozmen's and Millers survived better than I'd expected. The Ozmen's main house is intact, while the barn and guest house are gone. The Miller's new house, 2 months shy of completion, is destroyed, but the garage and apartment structure we live in currently is unblemished, and the vegetable garden is undamaged. It was surreal. The house across the road from us remains standing. Hopefully more neighbors had a chance to get in and see for themselves what remains. I wish we'd had a chance to inspect further up the canyon but am grateful for the chance to see what happened to our home after I'd fled. Not knowing is agonizing. Hope we all know soon, and that there are more of us that find something better than they'd expected.
Chris

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