Oh goodness my prayers go out to all of the families including your Lisa out there in Florida. I just saw this on CNN as well.

Eddy

God Bless Florida. I will keep them all in my prayers.

I'm so sorry to hear about the fires. You and the rest of Florida being affected by the fires are in our prayers.

We had smoke in central Florida from a blaze in Georgia........ that was a couple of days ago......

I know we are not doing well rainwise...I am using the sprinklers to water the grass now....

Earlier this year we had several brushfires here in southern california as well. Some were natural and others were arson.

god bless all the families

Eddy 

The news is that two teen boys,  13 and 16 have been apprehended for starting the Georgia fire.  They should be house grounded for a year,  except for school and work for fire fighters cleaning toilets.  scrubbing floors, and doing hard firefighter scrub (but safe) work for them for a year.  Many people with health conditions have probably died as a result of the intense smoke we have had all over the state of Fla.  Not to mention the destroyed realestate assets and fire fighting expenses.  I t makes me sooooooooo  mad.  

Carol, I don't know about you, but my allergies have been out of control, the smell is horrible, and I can't get rid of the headaches from the smoke!  We have been praying for rain. Specifically, we've been praying for down pours with no wind and no lightning, and we promised God we won't complain when it comes!

Lisa -- I am getting the updates hourly on network news but thought I would check in with fellow Rainers and find out if everybody is okay and if there is anything we can help out with. I understand there are 100s of homes threatened and several already lost. Found your post, so I am starting here.

Praying for rain with you. Take care and keep us updated, JoEllen

oops, just re-read the date on this post and realized it was last year, still praying for rain for you guys over there!

Hello Lisam

Last year we, in central and southern California had many huge fires going on all at the same time.  The one behind Santa Barbara was the largers recorded fire in California.  Then we added the San diego fires and the Santa Clarita fires...it was awful.  WE had small children and my daughter was pregnant.  These fires burned for over 2 months...The largest one was less than 6 miles from Santa Barbara where our home is.  We had ash that blew all summer and through the fall untile the winter rains were really hard...late January and Feb.  The ash when it was even a little windy make it look like the fire was still raging outside...That ash is so so bad for your lungs.  We forgot to close up our windows one evening (the wind had changed and we had been blessed with clean air for a day) and by the morning the inside of our home was black...ash everywhere...just everywhere.

I will pray for the fires to be put out soon and for everyone to remain safe.  See if you can get out of the fire areas once in a while for a day or 2 to give your lungs a break.  Wash your vehicles and dry them often...that ash is really hard on paint!

Kim- I'm going to have to blog about more fires tonight. They've started again this year =(

JoEllen- I'm going to blog about the new fires tonight =/