My leukemia's back.

[bruceha2000]

Glad you had a good time Al. Looks beautiful.

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[Cynthia12]

Well, this fire won't give up. It has jumped a highway up this canyon we are down from, now closer. Yes, smelling more smoke again. More evacuations. Plus, another sad thing ... just the town over, and just blocks away from 3 different kids of ours that live there, a small plane crashed into a home! That home is right up on a mountain side, a very dry mountain side. Thankfully the firemen got out there quick, got the fire out. Pilot dead, the two folks in the house lived! They explained that it was a huge fireball, engulfed the main part of the house. It happened around 2:30 in the morning, so guessing the people were asleep. 2 story home, and also guessing their bedrooms were upstairs. No details as to why it happened. Oh, and it did clip the neighbors shed across the street as it came down. Will be interesting to know more. They know the plane is a Utah plane, but can't say much more at this time, for a couple of reasons.

 

[sourland]

@Cynthia12, be safe.

 

[N F C]

Sorry to hear about the fire getting closer to you Cynthia.

And that plane wreck, wow. The people in the house were extremely lucky!

 

[getaclue]

Good morning Team Rachel.

Cynthia, you be alert, and ready to go if you have to. I pray they get it under control, and you don't have to go, but be ready in case.

There are a number of things I've never experienced, and don't want to. A plane disguised as a fireball, crashing into my home while I'm asleep, is one of them. It's nice to hear the homeowners survived. I'd have so much adrenaline pumping, I wouldn't slow down for a week, let alone think about sleep. Another thing, that first night trying to go to sleep, I'd be listening for planes. I wouldn't sleep a wink. I think I'd get my first good night's sleep after I moved into my new bomb shelter, and was sleeping in it.

 

[bobbi-j]

Good morning Team Rachel.

Cynthia, you be alert, and ready to go if you have to. I pray they get it under control, and you don't have to go, but be ready in case.

There are a number of things I've never experienced, and don't want to. A plane disguised as a fireball, crashing into my home while I'm asleep, is one of them. It's nice to hear the homeowners survived. I'd have so much adrenaline pumping, I wouldn't slow down for a week, let alone think about sleep. Another thing, that first night trying to go to sleep, I'd be listening for planes. I wouldn't sleep a wink. I think I'd get my first good night's sleep after I moved into my new bomb shelter, and was sleeping in it.

You are so right about the sleep thing. Our house burned down 15 years ago. DH, our 3 sons and I were sleeping upstairs. The fire started downstairs, below the bedrooms. Two of the boys got out going down the stairway and out a door at the bottom. DH, our youngest son and I had to go out a window. (No serious injuries) I have always been a night owl, but for the longest time after that, night time was not my friend. It took a LONG time before I could sleep peacefully at night.

 

[getaclue]

bobbi, when we lived in the apartment on the second floor, I insisted we get one of the roll up, fire escape ladders. I recommend them for anyone with 2 story homes. You may never need it, but it's better to have it, and not need it, than not have it, and need it. Fire in a home is nothing to play with.

 

[bruceha2000]

I agree @getaclue, one in a hundred bazillion chances of that happening to you but if it happens how do you forget??

 

[bobbi-j]

bobbi, when we lived in the apartment on the second floor, I insisted we get one of the roll up, fire escape ladders. I recommend them for anyone with 2 story homes. You may never need it, but it's better to have it, and not need it, than not have it, and need it. Fire in a home is nothing to play with.

After our fire, we know of several families that got those ladders. (We live in a farming community - lots of old, two story farmhouses.) We did not have one. DH lowered DS and me out the window, then let go, and then he bailed out himself. Two local fire departments and several churches also offered free smoke detectors to those who needed them.