The Fire

by | Sep 17, 2008 | Nature, Wildfire | 10 comments

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10 Comments

  1. Aubrey
    Aubrey on September 17, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    WOW. Is this close to you?

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  2. Jessica Gordon
    Jessica Gordon on September 17, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    Close enough for us to be breathing smoke all of the time! 😉

    It is just over an hour away, and it is the fire that my hubby is working at right now.

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  3. Amy
    Amy on September 17, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    It is just about 12 miles our of Prospect, isn’t it? Those poor people! I hope that it doesn’t get any closer!

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  4. Christie@tisbutaseason
    Christie@tisbutaseason on September 17, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Praying your hubby stays safe…be careful having class outside since you’re breathing in smoke! 🙂

    Our weather has been pretty nice here (mid to upper 80’s – quite unusually cool) so I can understand the desire to be outside.

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  5. Jessica Gordon
    Jessica Gordon on September 17, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    The mornings haven’t been too bad at all… So that is our outside time. I am also running our air purifier to keep the house air clean. Thankfully we had quite a bit of wind last night which seems to have pushed the smoke a different direction. I hope it lasts!

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  7. The Wades
    The Wades on September 18, 2008 at 5:21 am

    those sure are beautiful pictures of a scary thing.

    are they making progress on it? continued prayers for your hubby’s safety and the safety of his fellow fire fighters.

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  8. Jessica Gordon
    Jessica Gordon on September 18, 2008 at 7:13 am

    At this point it is still getting worse. I believe it is only 15% contained and about 8000 acres. I spoke with hubby earlier today and I guess there was lightning last night that started a few more fires. Our forests are super dry since we haven’t had rain in over 3 months.

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  9. Kirsten
    Kirsten on September 19, 2008 at 3:57 am

    Wow, that is scary. Continued prayers for your husband and family.
    Kirsten

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