Fire follows!
We had a dry thunder and lightning storm move through our valley late yesterday evening.
This fire started as a result of a lighting strike to the range on the west side of our valley.
I took this photo about an hour after the fire started.
For more night shots of the fire, please visit my neighbor's blog, here.
She took some night shots of the fire and also has an update on what it's doing today.
Things were still very smoky when I left for work this morning!
Do you see that small group of trees in the upper left there...
That is where we use to live when we first moved to this valley.
(We live across the valley now, on the east side.)
The fire is only about five miles away from that home!
In 1997 (we moved to the valley in 2000), a fire burned the entire range you see pictured, known as the Slumbering Hills range, and it burned right up to that house/trees in the photo!
The family that lived there at the time were trapped there with several firefighters!
Everyone was okay, but the backs of the trees on the west side of the house were scorched and when we moved there in 2000, I couldn't figure out what had happened, until someone told me the story!
Needless to say, the entire time we lived there, I was always on "fire" watch during the summer season!
The weather forecast is calling for continued triple digits and dry thunderstorms for the rest of this week and into the weekend!
We are going to have to be ever watchful for strikes and smoke!
Because where there is smoke...fire follows!
The land is dry and a tender-box waiting to go up!
2 comments:
Stay safe and am praying for rain.
Gracious! What a scary time that must have been for the people before you! And now, you finally did get some rain on the 4th. Did that help get the range fire under control?
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