Sunday, August 30, 2015

Where there's smoke ...... Wildfire Round three!


Yes folks - here we go again!  Wildfire in Big Lake round three!  The view above and below shows the smoke coming across the lake in front of the house (looking East now).  The fire is actually a mile behind us (West).  It appears from reports that the fire may have been started by a camp fire this weekend!  


You can see the smoke better in the above photo.  Those arent clouds in the foreground!  That is smoke!  And of course I had sheets on the line - so Ill be re doing laundry this week!  We are lucky that it appears now that we are literally out of the woods and out of fire danger as firefighters were able to get right on it and use bulldozers to create a fire line and keep it away from us.  We also have a lot of swamp around the area but it has been so dry that a lot of the swamp is dry as well!  It slows down the fire but doesn't stop it like we need it too!  There was termination dust on some of the mountains this morning (snow for you folks who aren't familiar with that term - it means summer is over) and I thought that mad me sad - but I will take snow all day long to keep from having another round with wildfires!


Above shows the plume of smoke above the trees looking West towards the fire.  The wind was blowing about 30 miles per hour and it seemed like it was blowing it right at our house!  It was blowing in our direction and the fire was moving fast for a time - thank goodness for the quick action of the fire fighters and thank them for their service as well!

I also have to say what a wonderful community we all live in - I had enough offers to help that we could have had our house cleaned out and been evacuated and down the road in about 20 minutes if we had needed to!  Its great to have that kind of friends, family, and neighbors!

Stay safe everyone and enjoy the termination of summer - may your colors of fall be leaves and not fire!

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