So on Saturday a fire started in Colorado Springs near where I live. It started out small(ish) and since then has grown and grown and grown. Here's a picture I took on Saturday from our back deck:
The fire has only been 5% contained pretty much the whole time (excepot when it was 0% in the beginning), and it was kind of like "okay this isn't good" but not a huge danger to anyone until last night. Last night it nearly doubled in size. Right now it is around 15,000 acres. 32,000 people required to evacuate (and others by choice). 1,000 firefighters working on containing it. More than 100 homes have been destroyed (vs. last night when there were none). We're getting rain, but it's more harmful than helpful because it's just a drizzle and it's bringing more wind. The fire has stopped moving South for the most part due to I-24 (thankfully) but is going crazy North. Now although this is devistating, I am a little fed-up hearing everyone's "we're in danger" posts. I'm ready to delete my facebook!
Okay but seriously, people are not really in danger. Firefighters, yes. And you better believe I'm praying for them. The citizens, though. No they aren't really in danger. Fires don't move super slow, but they move slow enough for the people to get warning and to be far away safe before the fire even comes near them. Notice it's been five days with a raging fire and how many deaths? ZERO. So many are making it seem as if we're all dying. Not the case. We are all very much alive and well. Some have asthma and I've heard all the smoke has been making their asthma act up, and I feel bad. I mean that has to be horrible. I do believe this is a situation we need to be praying in. I don't believe this is a situation where we all need to be making statuses and freaking out. We can be calm in this situation knowing God is in control.
Okay, so I realize this post is slightly hypocritical. I'm saying "why is everyone posting about the fire?" and then I go and post an entire blog on it, but I'm just trying to say we don't all need to make it seem like the end of the world/Colorado Springs.That's all.
Here's some pictures others took:
P.S. I know this is a boring post, but it will be nice for me to look back on. Maybe one day I'll tell my kids about it and can lead them to this post. Who knows?
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