[Noah930]

One anesthesiologist with whom I work just found out that his Palisades house survived. His street and the street next over were spared.

The other anesthesiologist with whom I work lost his home (just a few hundred yards away from the other anesthesiologist above). He was insured via that FAIR plan. I think that offers a max of $3 mil. His home was worth around $4.5 mil. He apparently has found a rental in the hills of Encino for his family of 4.

The rental and real estate market in LA is going to go nuts. A guy I know (whom I don't really like, but I digress) is apparently trying to buy a house in coastal Orange County. He said this week his bids were all trumped by people from the Palisades. He sees many people flowing from the Palisades down to the Long Beach and Newport Beach areas (and probably all those spots in between, too). I guess if you have a job that can be done in somewhat of a remote manner, that change in geography isn't an insurmountable problem.

Heck, your kids' schools are probably gone, anyway. Just move 'em into new schools. My daughter plays on her HS soccer team. About 4 the schools in her league no longer exist. So a lot of her remaining games have been turned into friendlies.