Just talked to Allie. She never did leave her home. She was told to go but "something inside" told her to stay. She kept watching the fire and saw that the flames she saw just north of her property earlier in the day had been extinguished by the time she got the sheriff's evacuation order.
She is well, and she is very grateful to be so.
I'm figuring the something inside was inspiration/mixed with intelligence/mixed with the thought of having to be in a high school gymnasium with hundreds of other people of all ages and all kinds of bathroom needs, none able to meet them in a very private way. Hey, she's the one who spoke of it just now.
Her card to me came yesterday. Assured me of her safety. I called today just to hear her voice and the details and to tell her I'm glad all is well.
Something I realized today, just today, 89 may sound old, but she will never be old. I told her so.
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