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Monday, July 8, 2013

Fire

Every summer there are thunderstorms.  My personal journey with thunderstorms has changed drastically over the years.

When I was a kid, I was terrified of the thunder and lightning.  When we lived in Kansas, I gained a great appreciation of the majesty and power in the storms.  When the entire sky lights up, it is truly something to behold.

But here it’s different.  I don’t necessarily mind the storm in itself, but there is always the concern that a fire will start.  And that is NOT good news.

Some years, there are no fires nearby and that brings peace.  But this year that was not the case. . . .

Hello Bison fire:

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We decided to have an adventure and get closer to the fire to check it out . . . we knew the wind was not blowing our way.

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It turned out to be a really big fire that covered a lot of area.  We were lucky in that most of the area consumed was not populated and we have really awesome firefighters.  And the smoke was not blowing our direction.