The news station here has a good video I think I'll post here. It is short and doesn't show everything, but it gives a good picture of how the fire skipped over some houses and completely destroyed others.
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Showing posts with label fires. Show all posts
Saturday, May 16, 2009
I'm back!
Oh, my goodness! FarmTown on Facebook has taken over my life!!! Why in the world did I start playing that game?! I miss blogging and am getting so far behind!!!
I mentioned a few weeks ago that there were fires nearby and hundreds of homes were lost. Well, Myles had taken several pictures, so I thought I'd post a few.
My good friend Alison (she is "Ali B" on FarmTown, hehe).....her mom lives just south of here. It got her yard and back fence, but her house is fine! However, there was a lot of smoke damage, and the house behind her and the one a couple of doors down are gone. This was some scary stuff with such high winds! Praise be to God that no one died!!!!!!
There were at least two spots on fire in this picture. It burned just at this one location for at least a couple of hours while it was continue to spread fast for miles!
They set up a mobile station here. I'm sure there were lots of volunteers handing out water to the hot and exhausted fire fighters and other emergency workers!
This picture just cracks me up!
It was so dry and extremely windy, so the fire fighters had a really tough job, and they did it so well. The very next day it rained and there was almost no wind! And since then (well, this month anyway) it has rained nearly every day and it is very wet here now. Go figure.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that there were fires nearby and hundreds of homes were lost. Well, Myles had taken several pictures, so I thought I'd post a few.
My good friend Alison (she is "Ali B" on FarmTown, hehe).....her mom lives just south of here. It got her yard and back fence, but her house is fine! However, there was a lot of smoke damage, and the house behind her and the one a couple of doors down are gone. This was some scary stuff with such high winds! Praise be to God that no one died!!!!!!
This was just 1/2 mile or so south of our house!
Lots of gawkers, including my husband! He is probably in someone else's pictures from that day.
There were at least two spots on fire in this picture. It burned just at this one location for at least a couple of hours while it was continue to spread fast for miles!
They set up a mobile station here. I'm sure there were lots of volunteers handing out water to the hot and exhausted fire fighters and other emergency workers!
This picture just cracks me up!
It was so dry and extremely windy, so the fire fighters had a really tough job, and they did it so well. The very next day it rained and there was almost no wind! And since then (well, this month anyway) it has rained nearly every day and it is very wet here now. Go figure.
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