I'd like to offer my hugs from Canada as well! I just watched a Powerpoint presentation of Bruno Torf's garden art gallery in Marysville ... what a loss! But still, that's "only" beautiful things -- so many have lost the necessities of life.

We went through something similar with raging fires here in BC a few years ago - we had personal friends who lost everything except their lives - and we're amazed at the resilience of people and their ability to rebuild!

Anyway, I just wanted to offer some extra hugs!