Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Here's the scene about five miles from my house a few hours ago:
Several people have been killed in the past few days, including a 20 year old mother and her baby, whose nearby home was quickly engulfed in flames. Tonight, near the scene above, my husband and I were driving on a main road, and our line of traffic was stopped by local officials and we watched a line of vehicles loaded with personal items - families evacuating the area.
By 7 pm this evening, the skies were dark and a blurry red sun was setting behind huge billows of brown smoke. We could see the red glow of flames a few miles away. It was so eerie. We've heard sirens all evening - but so far the fires have been in outlying areas, not in town where we live.
Several of these fires have been started by transformers or by extremely dry limbs or trees falling on power lines. One large fire was caused by a home owner who dropped a coal of burning charcoal from his grill, which ignited his yard in a flash and then went on to burn down four homes. That fire is still burning and is only 50 percent contained.
The fires seem to be everywhere around us - north, south, east and west. We went out to eat and the entire restaurant was silent as everyone was glued to the news. It's pretty creepy.
About forty miles northeast of us, 1700 acres have burned in a fire that is 0 percent contained at present.
WE NEED RAIN. We're parched!
Are any other forum Texans being affected by these fires? Is everyone OK?
Evacuations ordered in several E. Texas communities - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |
Several people have been killed in the past few days, including a 20 year old mother and her baby, whose nearby home was quickly engulfed in flames. Tonight, near the scene above, my husband and I were driving on a main road, and our line of traffic was stopped by local officials and we watched a line of vehicles loaded with personal items - families evacuating the area.
By 7 pm this evening, the skies were dark and a blurry red sun was setting behind huge billows of brown smoke. We could see the red glow of flames a few miles away. It was so eerie. We've heard sirens all evening - but so far the fires have been in outlying areas, not in town where we live.
Several of these fires have been started by transformers or by extremely dry limbs or trees falling on power lines. One large fire was caused by a home owner who dropped a coal of burning charcoal from his grill, which ignited his yard in a flash and then went on to burn down four homes. That fire is still burning and is only 50 percent contained.
The fires seem to be everywhere around us - north, south, east and west. We went out to eat and the entire restaurant was silent as everyone was glued to the news. It's pretty creepy.
About forty miles northeast of us, 1700 acres have burned in a fire that is 0 percent contained at present.
WE NEED RAIN. We're parched!
Are any other forum Texans being affected by these fires? Is everyone OK?
Evacuations ordered in several E. Texas communities - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |
