The great fires that are incinerating southern California right now bring back some scary memories of the Hayman fire in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests back in the summer of 2002. The key difference? Relatively few homes were affected, even though it was the largest wildfire in the history of Colorado. My heart goes out to the people who are being evacuated with no certainty that their homes or their things will be there when they return. We have family in Temecula that had their subdivision cut off from the world yesterday as a result of the fire that closed the main road into their subdivision. They were lucky, and no homes burned, but these fires are scary huge.
On a happier note, the Rockies make their World Series debut tonight. I like their chances, although Boston has been tough, so we'll see how we do. That's why they play the games!
Temps will be back in the 70's today after snow on Sunday. That's Colorado weather for you!
On the less than happy front, the National Association of Realtors released a report today that shows nationally, existing home (resales in our jargon) sales fell 8% in September over last year, and that the median price has fallen 13 of the last 14 months in year to year monthly comparisons. This real estate recession is not over yet :-(