westmont fire

so last thursday there was a fire at my school. it started in the hills of montecito right behind campus. it came down the hill and hit 3 buildings and 1 dorm on campus. luckily, no one was hurt. all the students were evacuated to the gym. about 50 students lost their dorm rooms, and everything in them. it was really scary. then i was forced to evacuate my apartment which was crazy. i was scared it would burn down so i packed a few bags of stuff and went to my roommate's brothers house in a town about 20 min north of santa barbara. thankfully my apartment was fine, but it was really scary that night. on friday we were able to come back to the apartment. my school is now closed until after thanksgiving, so i have a two week break which is bittersweet. thankfully, the buildings that burned down were ones that were planning on being torn down anyway due to upcoming construction we had scheduled.

here is a link w/ pictures of my school after the fire:

http://www.westmont.edu/teafire/pictures.html

i am just so thankful no one was hurt and no major buildings were damaged. we were really lucky.

xoxo