Ugh. Sorry to hear that. :(

Maybe Jersey Mike's will start franchising in Japan.

More or less, yes.

I have had a large sub sandwich and an equally large quantity of Diet Pepsi and I believe I might live.

Technically, it's not my church--I walked away from religion a while ago. But I can't imagine a country without air conditioning. I believe I would die of heat stroke.

It was a long, hot (no A/C in the church) day, but we got my mother-in-law successfully planted. I am completely wiped out.

People are even watching it here in the States.

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Funeral begins in four hours. Fortifying myself with coffee.

It appears the conditions in the area are ideal for a fire, with strong down-canyon winds. That is how the most destructive fires in the Santa Barbara area have started.

Fast-moving fire in the hills above Goleta, which is next to Santa Barbara. Still warm and windy there. This could be very, very bad.