The Pedernales 1 (One?) fire is still burning, per the news and the Texas fire map.
Yesterday evening/night, it had spread to at or near Reimers Ranch (news coverage is scant!). The fire originally started on the other side of the river, but it hopped right over it at some point; apparently it is so low and the wind so high that it wasn't a barrier. It seems that it was on Reimers Ranch or next door at Peacock (the giant ranch that abuts both Reimers and our land) that they were finally able to subdue it. Around 5 or so I ran down to Stagecoach Ranch Road (just past Hamilton Pool) to have a look from the high point there; on my way back, the first fire trucks were turning into Reimers.
Part of why the fires have gotten so bad is because there haven't been resources enough to fight all the many, many fires in the state. In many areas they've simply been evacuating people to get them safe. Hence, we're amazed that suddenly so many trucks & people showed up yesterday evening and managed to tame the one at/near Reimers. We're incredibly lucky.
We can still see smoke this morning, but it's further away than yesterday. Right now the fire map shows a flame near West Cypress Bend and another quite close to Hamilton Pool, in addition to the many still around Spicewood and Pace Bend.
So—we were not evacuated, though are cars are still packed with all of our worldly goods, and we're safe at home with an eye to the horizon . . .
4 comments:
Nice to hear you're safe - hope it all calms down and dies away. On top of people losing their homes (or worse), I can't help thinking about the amount of fauna and flora destroyed when that happens.
I've been thinking about that too, and wondering if Sunday's dead visitor and the Baltimore Oriole who's been here for several days were displaced from the fire.
Found that on the web: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150304944333396.363109.48805778395 - and it's only about the pets, don't want to think about the poor wildlife...
My neighbors are also seeing more different birds at their houses, so I think my evacuee theory is correct. Even without the fire, the drought here is affecting so many birds and animals!
Happily, I've heard a lot about so many people helping with all of the domesticated & farm animals displaced by the fire. Folks on Facebook have been offering up their land for the animal evacuees. It's really been quite amazing, the people stepping up to do good & help out! It makes me like the human race more than I do at certain other times.
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