our friend Scot
I woke today to this email from Scot. You know Scot, don't you? From the comments?
Oldest read the email too and asked if we could post it. Scot agreed.
Oldest read the email too and asked if we could post it. Scot agreed.
I need to process something and I hope you don't mind me choosing you to do it with.
I live in Colorado Springs. Usually a nice place to live, aside from a few idiot bible-heads.
We've ALL been dealing with a huge forrest fire on the mountains just outside of town. 4500 acres burned, 5 percent contained. We can see the flames from all over town. Massive suburban evacuations have been going on. The wind keeps shifting and the smoke invades the city. Everything smells of smoke. Occasionally its so bad you can't see more than 3 blocks away. Its like a foggy day Ash is everywhere. In some areas of town it looks like we've had a dusting of snow. It feels almost apocalyptic. The weather is not helping. Its around 100 degrees so I can't close my windows wthout baking in the heat. The television coverage has been constant, seemingly exploitive but necessary. Its nerve grateing. Everyone's eyes are burning. Everyone seems to be coughing. My throat is sore.
The fire departments are doing an incredible job keeping this out of town! NO houses have been destroyed, yet. Those guys are MAJOR HEROES. Today we finally went federal. National Guard and military are joining the fight. We have high hopes that this will end soon, maybe by the end of the week.
Here's the kicker - in the past 2 weeks the surrounding areas and mountain towns have had to deal with 24 fires. TWENTY FOUR! ARSON IS SUSPECTED IN EVERY CASE...
The guy on the news just said they (fire department) hopes to have it put out by July 16th!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like crying every minute of the day. It might help cool my burning eyes. I keep my Visine in the refridgerator.
I'm sorry to ramble, I just need to unload.
Thanks for being my friend.
You might not know him as well as we do. We know him as a caring, giving, generous guy.
We hope you'll hold Scot and his neighbors in your thoughts while we wait to hear if they are all safe.
Comments
jbhat
And now I am holding him close to my heart.
Last year, just when school opened one day I took Brizio to school and upon return I had to drive through the fire which wasnt THAT bad but did get worse, to the point they closed the road, which is another common aftermath of fires as big rocks fall down and are life threatening for drivers.
You would think these assh...s give a damn about something, people, the environment, the trees that give us oxygen and balance the mountains and heavy rains with their roots.
They don't.
I SO hear you my dear Scot. Nothign you can do but sit and wait, look at everything burn and hope for the best.
HUGS!!!
look at my WF THATREE sokoi!!!!!!!
It seems Colorado Springs got worse overnight.
We'll keep Scot in our thoughts. If you hear anything, please keep us updated.
Sincerely, Heidi
thinking of Scot and all who are suffering through this terrible ordeal
linda
I live by that and as such have decided that I'm going to take everything personally and make it all about ME.
Its now taking Netflix THREE DAYS TO SEND ME A MOVIE. Life is so unfair...
Truthfully I'm doing much better now. Eyes still burning, throat still soar but soldiering on. We're all here trying to help each other thru this.
I can't thank you all enough for such nice comments. Truley heartwarming.
Now if you can do something about Netflix....:o)