We have just had a very exciting and scary weekend. On Friday a wild fire was started about 3 miles south of us in Spring Lake by a fallen power line. Sadie and I heard the sirens and saw the smoke around 3pm. Then at around 8pm we started for a walk along the route we always take but the road was closed because the firefighters were using the elementary school along that route as refueling base. At that point we saw the fire up on the mountain but it looked like it was contained. By the time we got home from our walk, the flames had grown higher and the wind had picked up and was blowing the fire toward our house. I was starting to panic and Mike was not home from work yet to calm me down. By the time Mike got home around 10pm we could hear the police on a loud speaker telling us to evacuate. The fire was at the edge of the orchard and was less than a mile away. We threw our pictures and clothes in the car and went to Mike's sisters house in Midvale because we were going to help her on Saturday anyway. There aren't words to express my feelings as we drove away from our home knowing that all our earthly possessions could be gone in the morning.
We got back late Saturday night from Mike's sisters so it wasn't until this morning that we saw the damage of the fire. No homes were burnt but the fire came within 200 yards of our house and burnt all along the edge of the orchards behind our house. I guess they turned the water on the orchards so they acted as a barrier between the fire and all our homes. Everyone evacuated is within our ward boundaries so we had a very thankful fast and testimony meeting at church today. I think that the fire is mostly out now. It was burning on the other side of the mountain but we can no longer see it. We did see a huge helicopter sucking up water from the irrigation pond right across the street from us all day today. Sadie enjoyed watching the helicopter. We watched it suck up water than ran to the window in back of our house and watched in spray the water on the mountain. At first it was exciting to see all the action but it quickly got old because the helicopter was so loud.
Needless to say, we are very grateful that we still have a home to live in and grateful that everyone in our ward is safe.
4 comments:
Wow! That is a huge scare! I'm so relieved everything is okay!
You got pictures up! That's great! these pictures of Sadie are so cute! Can't wait to see you again! It was so nice to visit with you for that weekend even if we didn't hang out Sunday night!
Yikes! How scary! As I was reading your blog I thought about my own house and about what I would take with me. It would be a hard decision, but pictures would be the first worldly possession I would take too. You just can't get those back.
Glad everything was ok and you are all safe.
Oh my goodness! How scary is that! I'm so glad that you guys are all right and that you still have all of your things. Tell Mike Congrats on his new job back in Idaho. I betyour glad to be getting back. I can't believe Sadie is a year all read! Can you believe how fast time flies with your kids?! We miss you guys!
Glad to here everything is ok with your place. Someone upstairs was watching out for you all. Btw you all still in Utah?
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