WILD FIRES

Yesterday afternoon, I ws heading to the corner store to get a pack of smokes. While backing out of the garage, I noticed a huge plume of smoke. It looked like that, it was on the next street over. I asked the 7-11 clerks if they had seen the smoke. She replied, "yes, it's the apartments by the golf course." Suddenly, I Remembered that, my husband has a friend Sammy who lives there with him wife and three children. My husband quickly made a call to Sammy to let him know. His wife, evidentally didn't know anything aboout it, but would step outside to find out.

Being nosey, and without much else to do, I decided to follow the smoke. It turns out that, the fire was quite a bit farther away. If you watched the morning news programs today, you may have seen the coverage. Here in our liitle town in Oklahoma, the fire damage was quite extensive. In our town, it burned over 200 acres, and destroyed 5 homes. I think that, an electrical spark outdoors statred the fire, which quickly spread. Someone said that, it hasn't been this dry since the Dustbowl of 1921. I hadn't heard that yet, but I wouldn't be suprised. However, my thought ans prayers are with those who lost their homes, and everything they own.