Fire!
Categories : Australia, Personal |
Was just about to leave our worship team meeting at church when I got a call from one of my doctor friends asking “are you okay?” I had no idea what he was talking about at first but apparently there was a fire not far from our house and they were starting to evacuate homes. As he described what the news had said to me I told him I was sure it was a fair way from our house. Nevertheless I hurried home….
And as I drove towards our street I beheld a huge red glow over behind where our house is. Fortunately the bush at the end of our street is not on fire thus far but it’s probably less than a kilometre from our house. The yellow pin is (close to) where our house is and the red one is roughly where the fire seems to be. But there’s not much wind so I’m sure we’ll be fine.
Actually the first indication was earlier this evening before dinner when a helicopter flew very low over our house with a big suction hose dangling out of it. It was the fire helicopter taking water from the lake in the park just to the north of our our house (the green circle on the map). But at that stage I thought it was for the fire that has been burning a few kilometeres to the east of here for a few days. Fortunately they didn’t try and take any water from our pool, but I pity the big Koi fish in the lake at the park. What a rude shock to be sucked out of your tranquil lake into a helicopter and then dumped on a fire. That can’t be a good way to go…
Anyway enough blogging for now. Time to go watch TV and try and avoid thinking about what stuff I would try and cram in the cars if they told us to evacuate… Mia, the boys, my guitars etc 
All part of life in Australia I guess. Just never thought I would even be thinking about this sort of situation.
