Fire

A couple of days ago a fire was started on the mountains behind our home by some people out target shooting.  These are all taken from my back porch, and don't really do justice to how big and scary the fire looked at times.

On the second day of the fire, it began burning out of control and several neighborhoods nearby were evacuated.  That brown building you see in the picture is the fire station.  Right behind it is one of the main roads in our town. Most people on the other side of that road and to the east had to go.  The evacuation line was about a half a mile from our house.

I spent the whole morning getting prepared.  Making sure I had an emergency kit for me and the kids, and gathering pictures and important documents in case we had to leave.  Luckily, we never did.  We just got a lot of smoke and some falling ash.

In this one you can see some of the orange flames.  During the night the whole ridge would glow orange and you could see hot spots all over the hill.

As of today, the fire has burned over 6000 acres and is 40% contained.  The fire fighters hope to have it out by the 26th.