Fire

I may have mentioned last fall that we had some devastating fires in our valley. There have been many fires this year around our country including one going on right now called the Colockum Tarps fire. As of yesterday morning it had grown to 42,663 according to the Wenatchee World. This morning it was stated on Q13 News that it was over 62,000 acres. This started probably 10 miles or so from our house. Thank goodness it went SW and is now past the Crescent Bar area and into  Kittitas County. My husband and I decided to take a ride to Crescent Bar this morning to check out this fire. The fire started just south of Rock Island Dam. There were no flames but there were several large areas which were still smoking. I talked with one lady who had boated down around the corner yesterday and she said it burned all the way to the river and now the flames are going back over the mountains. Luckily it is mostly brush. In the early morning of the beginning of the fire there were three homes destroyed. Hopefully that is all. We are expecting thunder and lightening the rest of the week and more wind! Pray for the safety of our firefighters, law enforcement and all those involved. Those of us who are old enough to remember James Taylor might recall that he wrote a song with the lyric, "Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call, and I'll be there yes I will, you've got a friend . . ." Hopefully, you can be that friend who looks out after at least one other human being no matter what they are going through. Be there for them--everybody needs somebody!