Jun 16
Tongues of flame licked her neighbourhood
Cats: Uncategorized|My sister is safe.
Her house is safe.
Two houses across the street burned to the ground and the entire neighbourhood is in shock and smelling like smoke.
But everyone is back home again.
They were saved by dissipating winds and by Herculean efforts of fire fighters who protected the houses from a two-day wild-fire that licked at the edge of my sister’s street.
This fire started on Friday the 13th.
My sister returned to her house on Sunday, June 15. That day was her birthday.
Talk about poetic justice.
Thank you for the messages.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Whew!
June 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Whew!
June 16th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Thank God!
The post title titillated me and made me giggle, though.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Glad to hear that everyone is okay.
June 16th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
That’s great news. I”m not even sure how to respond to actually momentous personal news in a blog, but I’m relieved for you and your family.
June 16th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I didn’t even know about these fires! So sorry, and so glad to hear your sister and her family are safe.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Megan, you can say that again
Megan, oh, you did
Beth, yes thanks is a big word in their household at the mo.
You thing you. I didn’t even think of that interpretation but now that you say it ….
Allison, every is safe and sound, thanks for your thoughts
Chance, just responding is enough. Thanks
Jacy, thanks. I was at the cottage with no TV, only radio and the internet. I felt strangely cut off and helpless. The blogging seemed the only thing I could do.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Thankfully everything turned out alright for her. I was shocked when I heard about it all happening.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
So sorry to hear about your sister’s experience with the fires — very glad to hear everyone is okay.
The winds were swirling around pretty bad this weekend, no wonder it was so difficult to get things under control.
The community certainly rallied around those folks who were evacuated and the fire fighters are very brave.
Time to clean up after Hurricane Juan now so this doesn’t happen again. Apparently the fallen trees created great fuel for the fire plus the fire fighters had to crawl through that stuff. Frightening.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Dale, big sigh if relief all round,but not too big as the exhale may stir up those embers and start things up again
YAM, yes I heard the fire marshal talking about that. One disaster begets another. Is it bone dry in your parts?
Certainly an emotionally draining day with the mother of Karissa being charged with first degree.
June 17th, 2008 at 12:42 am
GT, I missed your first post but I’m very glad everyone is okay.
June 17th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Hurrah!
Molsons and poutine for all the firefighters!
June 17th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Chelene, you’re forgiven for the first-post thing…
WP, I’ve ordered them up, shall i order in extras for you?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Yes GT very dry here also but glad the winds died down.
Yes, a sad day here yesterday — everyone and their dog apparently out heckling the mother of the murdered girl. I don’t get that — why did they all gather around waiting for her to come out of the courthouse to scream at her? It’s a bizarre thing for such a sleepy little place. First degree, and she’s the only once charged.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:41 am
YAM, I heard the heckling on the radio. It seemed medieval or something.
BTW, we’re talking about the woman who was charged with murdering her 12-year old daughter last winter. She pretended the girl ran away but the frozen body was found on a riverside a few weeks later. It’s an NBC movie of the week sort of narrative, only real. Horrifying as YAM well knows.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I am so glad to hear the good news. I’ve been thinking of your sister and her family a lot since the news of the fire.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Barbara, thanks for the thoughts, she really did appreciate the messages that showed up here.
Now you can start thinking about my paper cut!
June 19th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
“Molsons and poutine for all the firefighters!”
Mais oui.