Here's the caption for that dramatic picture. It's the one near Guthrie. That was a massive fire, from what I hear. Supposedly there are 250,000 acres of grassland burned already, and no end in sight.
An oil well pump is silhouetted against a grass fire in Guthhrie, Okla., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006. Dry and windy conditions made for perfect conditions for fires that have plagued Texas and Oklahoma in the past week.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
I'm praying for rain.
Is there somewhere online with a map of where all the fires are? I had hoped Fox would have some nifty graphic, but I haven't seen anything like that.
susie
Strange....
God give us rain, please!
Possibly if the fires aren't too hot it will help the pastures and hayfields come back better next spring. Maybe get rid of some parasites too.
Not being callous, just trying to find a good side to all this. (Trying awfully hard).
Those are some beautiful, wild frontier areas.
If Mount Saint Helen would shut her gaping hole and quit spouting off maybe it would allow some rain to travel across the country.
Had rain in MO last night but the weather patterns don't travel back west. Sorry. We're still behind by 12 inches in avg rainfall.
Sending prayers and pixie dust for blessings of rain to those fire storm areas!!!!
This is terribly sad. My heart belongs in the Texas/Oklahoma area and my prayers go out to those people and the valiant firefighters struggling against nature to help them.
But Texans and Sooners are sturdy people made of stouter stuff and they will rebound and re-build.
I pray God gives them courage against the discouragement they must be feeling today. "This, too, shall pass".
Be strong, my Texas and Oklahoma brothers and sisters.
My cousin's daughter lost her house in Carbon, but thank God that no one was injured. Also the old farmhouse near Kokomo where my Dad grew up was burned down as was my uncle's barn.
Yes, some of ours in Oklahoma say they have been working for days with little more than a catnap. Plus I'm sure it's true in TX as well as here--their equipment is starting to suffer, too. Ours are mostly volunteers, and money for replacement equipment does not come easily.
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