jonathan clark searching for relatives in paradise.. joseph metcalfe, who's originally from dorset but has lived in california for the past decade, was forced to flee his home in thousand oaks , along with his wife and young children they start sending out e—mail alerts and phone alerts, that was voluntary until we started packing bags together but in 17 minutes, that was the time difference, the mandatory order came in. you look at the front door, plumes of black smoke. reflections of orange, the flames coming in behind, just blocks from the neighbourhood. we knew it was a short space of time to get out. you have one priority, and that is life. but also, making sure you do not worry your children, we try to make it an adventure for them, and as we are driving out, pretending this is an adventure, driving by the freeway, you can see back into the house is, 30 foot flames rising above the houses, hillside on fire, it is something, it is difficult to mask. we have seen fires, this is the third evacuation from our home, because we have gr