I saw just a snippet about them on the news and immediately thought of Penny and a few of my relatives up that direction. Many prayers for safe keeping for all!
My best friend Debbie lost her home.. and her niece lost hers too..
There were 2 fires.. 1 was set by someone throwing out lit newspapers... I hope they catch that *******
The 2nd fire, that got my friend shouse, was going because someone's house caught on fire and then caught everything else on fire and it is the one still burning..
They had the fire that was deliberately set put out on friday night late. He deserves to be in jail for a LONG time!
Thoughts and prayers for all affected by the drought and fires in central Oklahoma. Penny is just SW of OKC and the Luther fire is NE of town so she should be okay.
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The WHOLE state has a burn ban and is in drought. It hasn't been this bad since 1936 according to the weathermen. Many areas have voluntary water conservation and others have mandatory restrictions for using water. A community near Tulsa was almost wiped out from fire; however, about 40 fire departments helped save the town. But, many have lost their homes. T and P needed..............for situations and RAIN.
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Hi, guys. I really appreciate everyone's concern and didn't mean to worry anyone. My son and his family (including Grandson Charlie!!) were here the past few days and I haven't been checking in. You know how it is when you have to grab Grandma time on the fly.
We are west of where the wildfires were so weren't in any danger, personally. Nearly 94,000 acres of land have been burned, state-wide. I would like to kick the BEEHIND of the idiot who started at least one of the fires and burned down the homes of good people, for fun, apparently. My sympathies go out to those folks who lost their homes. Just awful. That being said, as bad as the fires were (and we are still having to be cautious), I can't say as I am particularly pleased with some of the headlines associated with the fires. In more than one I saw where it said that residents returned to certain towns to find nothing left. Well. Their homes were gone, sadly, and THAT is what wasn't left. The headlines made it sound like whole towns were wiped out. Most of the areas hit were rural areas with residences but not big towns. Considering the size of the towns in question, they could lose half their infrastructure and that would amount to a barn and a swingset in the park. This is not to diminish the fires because they were horrible, but they don't need to try to make it sound like we are having a second Chicago fire. Awful enough that people lost homes.
Penny, glad to hear you're okay. Don't you realize, girl, that castastrophes make better headlines than plain old bad news? I'm not diminishing the agony of the folks who lost their homes either, I can't imagine that horror.
Only once, as a young girl, did I have any experience with a wildfire that was threatening my home (the wind shifted, thank goodness). There is nothing like it - a unique sense of horror and anxiety. I never want to repeat that experience. My husband, who is from this area, recalls being handed a wet gunny sack to fight a wildfire that threatened their home when he was young. And by "young," I mean he was five years old. That tells you something about how viseral a fire hits you. And just so you know - his parents were sane, sensible people and excellent parents.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Penny Quilts,
When I was 7 I was part of a town (300) that saved its homes from burning up. The nearest fire department was 30 miles away. The trucks eventually came, but everyone of any size carried water buckets and was pressed into service. Very frightening.
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