My MIL lives in Desdemona Texas about 2 hrs from here. She was evacuated about 2 hours ago. The roads into sweetwater are closed down due the fire. Winds were about 50mph. The wind has settled somewhat. Hopefully they can get it controlled soon. We smelled smoke and saw smokey haze all day long. Scarey.
Tex can you smell smoke and see the haze where you are. Love Oma
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Stay safe Oma!
Been wondering how those fires were doing. I sure the loss is minimal for all involved.
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Been wondering how those fires were doing. I sure the loss is minimal for all involved.
Mars
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Looks like we are into the bushfire season here as well. Fires in Victoria & New South Wales. 5 homes burnt in one town. One of the fire fighters has 60 degree burns. Had 90 km (about 56 mph) winds driving the flames in one place.
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Hi Oma,
No, I can't smell smoke. The wind hasn't reached this far yet. We had light SW winds most of the day, and it's almost still, right now. I assume the wind will be here soon.
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Wayne
No, I can't smell smoke. The wind hasn't reached this far yet. We had light SW winds most of the day, and it's almost still, right now. I assume the wind will be here soon.
Love,
Wayne
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Fires and wind
Hi Oma,
We've finally had a week or so of relatively high humidity and some cloud cover, but no rain. We may get some in a few days if we get any at all.
The only breezes we've been getting have come from the south, in other words, the Gulf, and thus, the moist air, but we were outside a couple of hours ago, and it was very still outdoors.
Did hear that there was a grass fire way out Beechnut St., probably somewhere in Alief or at least near there, but think they said that fire was probably going to be under control soon. Sure hope that nothing goes wrong in any houses around here that might cause a fire, because there is still LOTS of dry folage, and the grass is very dry. It's nothing like what other people in the normally dryer parts of Tex. and Okla. are experiencing.
Do keep us posted on your mil's situation. Glad she's out of that smoke, and fire danger, and hope she didn't inhale much of it. She must be terribly worried about her home and community right now.
Oma, how's the situation closer to your home doing now?
Smoke will travel a long ways with any wind at all. When the Mexican farmers start to do controlled burns on their farms, if the conditions are right, which they often are, then we can always expect to get lots of smoke down here. Heck, we even got dust from the Mt. St. Helen's eruption, but Ft.Worth got a whole lot more of it, and it's just 267 miles north of us. Mostly, it was just a coat of volcanic dust on the cars that time. It's not good to inhale too much smoke, so if it's safe to stay home, you might want to try to shelter in place, but if not, the authorities can probably let you know where a safe shelter would be.
Just in case, do you have your important papers all in one place or at least copies of them? That way, if you have to evacuate quickly, all you'll have to do is just pick up whatever they're packed or stored in, and get out. Guess you already thought of all that, but just thought I'd make that suggestion. There's always more to evacuating when you actually have to do it, so it requires a little advanced planning.
Do hope that we can send up some good ole Gulf Coast rain to put an end to all these fires, and also, end the potential for em.
If it looks bad for where you are, try to get out of there early rather than late, and just let the firefighters take care of things. Your lives are much more important than anything else a fire can take away.
Yours, Luce
We've finally had a week or so of relatively high humidity and some cloud cover, but no rain. We may get some in a few days if we get any at all.
The only breezes we've been getting have come from the south, in other words, the Gulf, and thus, the moist air, but we were outside a couple of hours ago, and it was very still outdoors.
Did hear that there was a grass fire way out Beechnut St., probably somewhere in Alief or at least near there, but think they said that fire was probably going to be under control soon. Sure hope that nothing goes wrong in any houses around here that might cause a fire, because there is still LOTS of dry folage, and the grass is very dry. It's nothing like what other people in the normally dryer parts of Tex. and Okla. are experiencing.
Do keep us posted on your mil's situation. Glad she's out of that smoke, and fire danger, and hope she didn't inhale much of it. She must be terribly worried about her home and community right now.
Oma, how's the situation closer to your home doing now?
Smoke will travel a long ways with any wind at all. When the Mexican farmers start to do controlled burns on their farms, if the conditions are right, which they often are, then we can always expect to get lots of smoke down here. Heck, we even got dust from the Mt. St. Helen's eruption, but Ft.Worth got a whole lot more of it, and it's just 267 miles north of us. Mostly, it was just a coat of volcanic dust on the cars that time. It's not good to inhale too much smoke, so if it's safe to stay home, you might want to try to shelter in place, but if not, the authorities can probably let you know where a safe shelter would be.
Just in case, do you have your important papers all in one place or at least copies of them? That way, if you have to evacuate quickly, all you'll have to do is just pick up whatever they're packed or stored in, and get out. Guess you already thought of all that, but just thought I'd make that suggestion. There's always more to evacuating when you actually have to do it, so it requires a little advanced planning.
Do hope that we can send up some good ole Gulf Coast rain to put an end to all these fires, and also, end the potential for em.
If it looks bad for where you are, try to get out of there early rather than late, and just let the firefighters take care of things. Your lives are much more important than anything else a fire can take away.
Yours, Luce
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Luce..Everyone in the panhandle and in West Texas is watching the fires. They seem to be everywhere. MIL made it to a friends house with her little poodle in tow. My son called today to saw happy new year and asked about the fire. old him we were sfe for now. But there ar emany home burned.
Liz you seem to have fire problems there as well. Hope you have good luck. Some one told me yesterday there was over 80 homes burned so far in OK and TX. Good luck and prayers to you and your over there and to those here.
Tex: Keep your eyes open and be ready...I have things ready in case.
Love Oma
Liz you seem to have fire problems there as well. Hope you have good luck. Some one told me yesterday there was over 80 homes burned so far in OK and TX. Good luck and prayers to you and your over there and to those here.
Tex: Keep your eyes open and be ready...I have things ready in case.
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Hi Oma
The fire here are mainly down south but everthing is so tinder dry that it it pretty sure that there will be a flareup somewhere arouind here. We have had the dryest year, drought & water restrictions in force. The thing is, some of the fires have been deliberately lit. You wonder what kind of a brain, if any, these people have. Three 16 yearolds set fire to a block of shops a couple of weeks ago, just before Christmas. The whole lot was destroyed & hundreds of people were out of work as a result. Even here where I live the vandals set fire to 7 wheelie rubbish bins on the road around the corner from me. These peabrains get some kind of a kick out of destroying other people's property & endangering lives.
Good luck & I hope you stay out of harms way. Nature is wonderful but she can be a dreadful difficulty at times.
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The fire here are mainly down south but everthing is so tinder dry that it it pretty sure that there will be a flareup somewhere arouind here. We have had the dryest year, drought & water restrictions in force. The thing is, some of the fires have been deliberately lit. You wonder what kind of a brain, if any, these people have. Three 16 yearolds set fire to a block of shops a couple of weeks ago, just before Christmas. The whole lot was destroyed & hundreds of people were out of work as a result. Even here where I live the vandals set fire to 7 wheelie rubbish bins on the road around the corner from me. These peabrains get some kind of a kick out of destroying other people's property & endangering lives.
Good luck & I hope you stay out of harms way. Nature is wonderful but she can be a dreadful difficulty at times.
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I agree Oma. We were just discussing this at our Neighbourhood Watch meeting. Parents are prevented from disciplineing their children & the kids think they can get away with anything. I am not talking about beating kids, I don't think that is right, but a smart whack on the posterior never did me any harm when I needed it (not that often, of course 
me being an almost perfect child) & I don't see how it can't help to press a point home now if the child doesn't quite understand what they can & can't do. Our local policeman who attends our meetings said that when he takes errant kids home to their parents he often cops abuse for his trouble. The courts don't do much either. A slap on the wrist for the first hundred or so times they offend & then send them for counselling. Then they may decide to perhaps to give them a small fine. There is no accountability anymore. No-one is held responsible for their own actions.
Well,I have got that off my chest
Oma individuals are not allowed to have fireworks here. Only organised displays with a permit and the people must be experienced in there use. When I was a child we always had "cracker or Guy Fawkes night" We had a big bonfire and burned a scarecrow which represented Guy Fawkes, who set fire to Parliament in England many years ago. It is outlawed now because of the fires that were caused & also people, especially children sometimes got badly burnt.
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me being an almost perfect child) & I don't see how it can't help to press a point home now if the child doesn't quite understand what they can & can't do. Our local policeman who attends our meetings said that when he takes errant kids home to their parents he often cops abuse for his trouble. The courts don't do much either. A slap on the wrist for the first hundred or so times they offend & then send them for counselling. Then they may decide to perhaps to give them a small fine. There is no accountability anymore. No-one is held responsible for their own actions. Well,I have got that off my chest
Oma individuals are not allowed to have fireworks here. Only organised displays with a permit and the people must be experienced in there use. When I was a child we always had "cracker or Guy Fawkes night" We had a big bonfire and burned a scarecrow which represented Guy Fawkes, who set fire to Parliament in England many years ago. It is outlawed now because of the fires that were caused & also people, especially children sometimes got badly burnt.
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Have you seen that show, "The Nanny" over in Australia. Too bad there's not one for every parent. Problem is most of them would probably blame Nanny instead of the kids.
Something happened, like in ONE year to parents. Wish I could tell you exactly which year it was, but it was a sudden change.
Here's an illustration. A fellow I know is a youth minister of a large church, and this church has organized camps, one for the "Middle Schoolers," and another for the "High Schoolers."
Welp, he said that they always had meetings that parents were supposed to attend at some point in time prior to the camp, in an attempt to educate them as to what was what about the camp, how to prepare, expectations of everyone, etc.
In years prior, there had been a so-so attendance at these things, and probably only one parent would represent both if s/he did attend.
What happened was that all of a sudden, almost every child who planned to attend had BOTH parents show up for the meetings with alllll sorts of detailed questions.
Apparently, this continued from then on to happen every single year after that year.
When he talked with the children and preschool ministers, they discovered that this same cohort's parents had exhibited similar behavior in the years prior to graduating to the Middle School Division.
Now you would think that the change from one generation's parenting to the next would sort of meld in gradually with changes in society, but this was different, and apparently, they were not the only ones to observe this drastic change -- all of a sudden, parents were interested, almost neurotically so.
One of the things that I've heard theorized is that Baby Boomers were such hands-off parents, that their kids are trying to be the exact opposite, but still, it makes you wonder why this hit so suddenly, doesn't it?
Interesting!
Yours, Luce
Something happened, like in ONE year to parents. Wish I could tell you exactly which year it was, but it was a sudden change.
Here's an illustration. A fellow I know is a youth minister of a large church, and this church has organized camps, one for the "Middle Schoolers," and another for the "High Schoolers."
Welp, he said that they always had meetings that parents were supposed to attend at some point in time prior to the camp, in an attempt to educate them as to what was what about the camp, how to prepare, expectations of everyone, etc.
In years prior, there had been a so-so attendance at these things, and probably only one parent would represent both if s/he did attend.
What happened was that all of a sudden, almost every child who planned to attend had BOTH parents show up for the meetings with alllll sorts of detailed questions.
Apparently, this continued from then on to happen every single year after that year.
When he talked with the children and preschool ministers, they discovered that this same cohort's parents had exhibited similar behavior in the years prior to graduating to the Middle School Division.
Now you would think that the change from one generation's parenting to the next would sort of meld in gradually with changes in society, but this was different, and apparently, they were not the only ones to observe this drastic change -- all of a sudden, parents were interested, almost neurotically so.
One of the things that I've heard theorized is that Baby Boomers were such hands-off parents, that their kids are trying to be the exact opposite, but still, it makes you wonder why this hit so suddenly, doesn't it?
Interesting!
Yours, Luce
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Lucy I think that often there is far too much talk & not enough action. I have sat watching, biting my tongue, while one of my daughters tried to reason with her 2-3 yearold son who was throwing himself around in a tantrum. I have even witnessed this in shopping centre carparks. You can not reason with a child who is out of control & throwing a tanty. You either ignore them until they stop, which often works because the kids behaviour is not getting attention or if in a dangerous situation, like in the middle of a car park, you pick them up & put them in the car or in a safe place. This same boy at 9 still puts on perforances & his mother will sit for an hour or more just talking to him & explaining to him why he must not throw heavy objects at his sister or whatever. This is especially frustrating when everyone is ready to go out somewhere & you finish up cooling your heels waiting. As I said, I am not in favour of actually beating children, but sometimes that little tap on the behind can get the message through & perhaps shock the child into realising that what they are doing is not acceptable. I think that is why so many kids are out of control as they get older now & think they can do exactly as they please & woe betide the parent who thinks that their rights are just as important as the kid's.
Boy am I sounding off today. Must be the weather.
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Boy am I sounding off today. Must be the weather.
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Liz
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Liz,
One thing's for certain, one has to PHYSICALLY stop them from doing whatever they are defiantly doing while you're still bigger than they are, if they won't respond to reason. You can't just let them ignore what you're telling them, and do their own thing, and expect them to magically change when they are a little older.
Sometimes I honestly think that some of the younger parents think that being a good parent means firing the baby sitter, or harrassing the preschool teacher. They seem to expect EVERY childcare activity to involve teaching their kid something, which I think is ridiculous. What are they supposed to be good for, anyway? Also, the poor kids need a little unstructured playtime with all that is structured in their lives, at least it's that way here in the states.
Sooo, now you've got me spouting off! Hahaha!
Anyway, it's just so sad that all these fires are happening, so I hope it stops soon. And to think, it's only first of January (winter) here! My, my, what will the summer months be like. Hopefully, there will be less dryness, but saw the forecast tonight, and no rain in the next week, most likely.
Wow, as dry as things are now, I shudder to think about any pyromaniacs on the loose!
Hadn't thought about that til you mentioned it.
OK, goodnight, Liz,
Yours, Luce
One thing's for certain, one has to PHYSICALLY stop them from doing whatever they are defiantly doing while you're still bigger than they are, if they won't respond to reason. You can't just let them ignore what you're telling them, and do their own thing, and expect them to magically change when they are a little older.
Sometimes I honestly think that some of the younger parents think that being a good parent means firing the baby sitter, or harrassing the preschool teacher. They seem to expect EVERY childcare activity to involve teaching their kid something, which I think is ridiculous. What are they supposed to be good for, anyway? Also, the poor kids need a little unstructured playtime with all that is structured in their lives, at least it's that way here in the states.
Sooo, now you've got me spouting off! Hahaha!
Anyway, it's just so sad that all these fires are happening, so I hope it stops soon. And to think, it's only first of January (winter) here! My, my, what will the summer months be like. Hopefully, there will be less dryness, but saw the forecast tonight, and no rain in the next week, most likely.
Wow, as dry as things are now, I shudder to think about any pyromaniacs on the loose!
Hadn't thought about that til you mentioned it.
OK, goodnight, Liz,
Yours, Luce