Natural disasters always cause us to reflect on mortality and the frailty of life - despite how big and powerful we might feel as a person compared to mother earth we're nothing.

The latest news of massive flash flooding in Portugal had me once again reflecting, the second report mentioned it was on a Portuguese island, though they didn't name the island but that got me concerned, and finally last night watching the CBC news I caught that it was in fact on the Island of Madeira, home of one of our longest running clients Tony De'Nobrega.

I'm happy to report that after a brief phone call that Tony and his family are all safe and unharmed, we wish them the best.

 We're also happy to report that Tony's site still dominates nearly every high volume search term  relating to Madeira and Real Estate.