Burn pics
I took a few pictures of Cool after the fire. What we had originally heard was that it was near the quarry, however it was actually on the other side of 49. Supposedly it started from downed power lines, moved south towards the Fire Station, behind "Downtown" Cool, and then continued burning south towards my school. The wind really whipped it up, and it quickly went from the original 3 acre fire to about 70 acres. Obviously with the downed power line we were without electricity as well as phone (thank goodness for cell phones!!). I continued class in the dark, but there were no plans to close early. The wind started blowing embers which created spot fires and it continued moving south, so they thought it was best if we leave early as well. What I did not know the whole time was.....the fire was right behind Adam's school. They had to evacuate, so the teachers loaded the kids up in their own cars and they were all brought to my school. They never actually called me to let me know what was going on since they figured they would see me at school. I ended up running into one of his teachers in front of school after I had gotten all of my kids on the buses and she told me what was going on. One of the other moms though who had to go pick up her child said it was like a war zone. There were people and equipment everywhere. She said it was so smoky she could hardly see in front of her, and days later her car still smells like smoke. Yikes....kind of glad I didn't know what was going on! : ) Here is a picture from my school. This is off in the distance, but it was definitely moving our way!
I guess if a fire is going to come up to any building, the one you want there is the fire department. Lucky for us!!
Here is Adam's school and the hills behind it.
All those people who came to ride, hike, and bike for Memorial Day weekend aren't seeing the most scenic view, but that's what happens sometimes when you live up here. A good reminder for all of us to keep that defensible area around our homes.
Posted in: on Monday, May 26, 2008 at at 2:33 PM 1 comments
We did make it down for dinner at Macaroni Grill with everybody. When we heard it had been about 150 degrees out and all 10,000 people were trying to crowd under one tree, we were a little relieved we had missed the ceremony. : )
Then they got bored with that and filled up the dogs' water bowl and decided to use that for a mini pool.
Here's the 2 little ones hanging out "poolside".
Here's Jordan right before he plunged into the pond. I tried to tell him he was leaning out a little bit too far, but....!!! Good thing I was right there to pluck him out. I'm sure the fish got quite a surprise!
Then they ate, met Chuck E. Cheese, and played 
Finally, they had cake and opened presents. Both our kids fell asleep in the car on the way home, so that's usually a pretty good indication that they had a good time!!! : )
