SMOKE GET IN YOUR EYES….

SMOKE GET IN YOUR EYES….

These past several days ..  this song has played over and over in my mind..  Even the tune.. with Nat King Cole’s voice…  It was a song from my youth as my mother would play it on the piano many times…

But today.. and this past week… the words have been a reality to all of us.

We have had fire season every year… some years are worse than any other. And this year is a doozy of a year.. there are fires all over ..  we have as the bird fly’s at least 6 fires within 15 miles of us.  We are a little bit safer than most, as we live in a tiny town… but it isn’t impossible as the end of our road there is a small forest of about 40 trees. Of different sizes..  It is a VERY DRY year.. So it would not take much for it to catch fire..  and then the sparks flying in the wind , as it has in other areas… to come down in our yards and on some of our neighbors who have non metal roofs.  We have a metal roof and last year put up metal siding.. So we might have a chance in hell..  Lot of others don’t.

On the other side of Spokane (which is 75 miles from us) there is a small town with lots of farming fields and tree areas..  and it has burnt over 3,000 acres the first 12 hours.  And it is still going.. and heading towards HWY 90.. which is a east to west highway between Spokane and Seattle… there is even a chance of it jumping across the highway… slight at this time.. but still a chance..  They have rerouted the traffic on 90 to a town called Cheney that goes around Medical Lake area..  The helicopters are busy dipping their buckets into Medical Lake for using on the fire… 

So when I think about complaining about the smoke in our eyes… I think of Medical Lake people.. and their homes.. and their pleas for anyone with a horse trailer to truck their animals out of the area…   I got to admit.. what is a little smoke in my eyes..  And yes, I have been staying home.. windows and doors closed..   and praying for the winds to stop and the rain to come for at least 3 days.. but none of this looks possible from the weather report.

Stay safe all of you.. and be thankful the fires are not in your area.