Miracles!

Last night we saw mother nature at her worst, and we saw the best in people! A fire broke out in the mountain just south of us around 2:00 pm. This is the picture looking out from our house yesterday afternoon.

By nightfall, we couldn't breathe, our eyes were burning, the winds were fierce and they were blowing smoke and ash directly at us! The fire was moving down into homes so fast and we were terrified for our friends that lived in Herriman, the city at the bottom of that mountain. Auntie Boo, who you know is taking Jax some of the time while we are gone, and Emily, were in the red zone. Auntie Boo text me and asked what she should do with all of the equipment that has already been delivered to her house. His vent, concentrater, and other supplies. I told her to leave it, its not something that she needs to worry about escaping with.

Ray and I were up until 2:00am, watching the news, and checking facebook, because thats where our friends were updating. We could even see the flames from our neighborhood, and the smoke smell was in our house, so I can't imagine what they were going through.

We got a couple of pics from our house. The didn't turn out great, we could see it better with our own eyes. The camera couldn't capture it as well. And this first picture that is blurry actually shows the flames the best.

I woke up this morning expecting the worst. I couldn't believe when I looked outside and saw blue skies! The winds had stopped early morning, and were now blowing the other direction. No more houses are in danger right now, and we have heard that only 4 homes were destroyed last night! I can't believe it! I expected hundreds of homes to be burned, but because of the hard work of the firemen, they only lost 4. You can see pictures of the ground charred all around houses, but the houses are untouched. We are so thankful that no one was hurt, and our friends are ok. It was an extremely scary night!

I'm calling home care to see if his equipment needs to be cleaned. Auntie Boo said this morning that inside her house smells like a campfire, so his vent may be compromised. We are just glad they are ok, and they are still in their house this morning!