Up in flames
Cats: Uncategorized|Just outside my city, four thousand people have been evacuted due to fires that are burning out of control.
And four of those four thousand include this typist’s sister and her family.
The RCMP ordered them out of their house on Friday afternoon. With five minutes notice.
Two houses have been destroyed across the street from their house, and fire fighters are now hosing her house down in the hope that sparks will not ignite. There are many trees around and the wind has been a real devil.
Fixed-wing water bombers are in from surrounding provinces trying to help out but things are still out of control.
My sister is safe with both feet firmly on the ground, but she is worried sick.
So they sit and they wait and hope that their house will be spared.
At this point, it all depends on the direction the wind will blow.
June 15th, 2008 at 12:30 am
That stinks. I’m glad the Sister Typist is safe and I hope that all of her property stays intact.
June 15th, 2008 at 6:15 am
I’m glad that your sister and family are safe, and I sincerely hope that their house remains so too.
June 15th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I had heard this mentioned on the news, but no details really.
I sincerely hope that your sister’s home is saved and that this fire can be controlled quickly.
June 15th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I have been trying to follow this on the news, and hoping that no more homes will be lost.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Yikes! I hope your sister, her family, and the house stay safe along with everyone else up there.
June 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Ouch, that sucks. I’m glad that your sister is okay and hopefully the wind will blow that fire away from her home.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
All’s well now. Wind died and my sis’s house is safe.
thanks for the messages