wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Please pray for this! This is the town we live in. Also, please pray that people start donating water and Gatorade! They are begging for donations to help keep the firefighters hydrated in this heat, PLUS the heat of the fire PLUS being in full uniform. We brought a bunch but financially can't do much more. Please pray the rest of the town steps up! Please pray for the safety of those risking their lives to save us!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjgrubbs Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 :grouphug: Our church had a time of dedicated prayer for your area of the country this morning. I will continue to pray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have a bunch of pictures on my fb page. PM me if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 :grouphug: Our church had a time of dedicated prayer for your area of the country this morning. I will continue to pray! Thank you so much!! This started at 300 acres yesterday and at noon today was up to over 5,000 acres already :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Thank you so much!! This started at 300 acres yesterday and at noon today was up to over 5,000 acres already :001_huh: The one by Wheatland is exploding as well. Be safe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 The one by Wheatland is exploding as well. Be safe!! We have been watching that one too. How close to it are you?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 We have been watching that one too. How close to it are you?? I'll pm you. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 (HUGS) stay safe, those pictures look so scary. Prayer and thoughts for residents and firefighters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassoonaroo Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Having just been through this (sort of a deja vu a week later -- ours started on a Saturday and grew a lot the next few days), I can attest that the prayers are working. God is working and is interwoven in everything going on. I am praying for you and not forgetting those who already have been through this in June. So many people impacted and the impact goes beyond that first week or the day of tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Praying. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Scary :( Sorry... Prayers for safety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Praying for everyone touched by the recent fires. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 That is terrifying. Praying for folks out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Just heard another HUGE fire started about 10 miles from us the other way. This one has the roads closed because it is jumping the roads due to the wind. There are people saying all over facebook that it is raining ash in town (we live just outside of city limits) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I'm so sorry you are going through this. I just can not believe the wildfires this year. Stay safe. I will be keeping you and your city in my thoughts. SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma_Bear Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 :grouphug: Praying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 This is from Black Hills Fox's facebook page: BREAKING NEWS: Great Plains Dispatch has confirmed that a U.S. Air Force C-130 tanker aircraft has gone down in Fall River County, west of Wind Cave National Park and northwest of Hot Springs along Highway 89. This was fighting a fire that is near Hot Springs DS (about an hour and a half from here-- in addition to the 2 close to our house) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Oh how awful. Prayers lifted. I wish all of this would stop... keep us posted. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: Oh my goodness! Praying for you, your town, the plane that went down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I have never been so ready for a good, cold, wet, snowy winter in all my life. Praying. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I hope things turned for the better last night. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 No- woke up and the smoke was SO thick I could not see across the street. The National Weather Service posted a Fire Weather Watch for our area (I didn't know they did that) The winds are supposed shift and make the fire head straight for us again. It got to the point over night, though, that national agencies were called in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 No- woke up and the smoke was SO thick I could not see across the street. The National Weather Service posted a Fire Weather Watch for our area (I didn't know they did that) The winds are supposed shift and make the fire head straight for us again. It got to the point over night, though, that national agencies were called in. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Prayers and good thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 More prayers for all of you. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I have never been so ready for a good, cold, wet, snowy winter in all my life. Praying. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: We really need the snow pack up. Our hay production is way down, I read with the fires and drought it may be around 30%. It's not doing good things for the cattle ranchers. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 I just read the fire is now estimated at 8,000+ acres. It started out at 300 acres. Its the Oil Creek fire on this page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momteel Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Prayers for all in fire areas!!! We went through this a few years ago, 3 in our area in one year, and it is stressful and hard. Blessings, laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I hope the wind isn't as bad as they are predicting and that your brave firefighters are able to hold those lines today. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 I hope the wind isn't as bad as they are predicting and that your brave firefighters are able to hold those lines today. :grouphug: It is really windy. A federal agency took over the command. Its just getting so big so fast. It is SOOO smokey outside. We don't have air but had to close the house up to keep it out. Thank you fans!! They are keeping us going LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 We really need prayers! We may be losing power as a major transformer is threatened. I copied this Facebook status from a VERY reliable source: This is the most complete update I've gotten yet. It is from Randy Welch at the Department of Homeland Security, and I'm afraid the news is not good. I'd rather have local sources to confirm this, but I'm afraid they're all pretty busy right now. It puts the fire at a much larger size than I was given at 5 or 7 p.m., and makes a much more dire prediction for the next couple of days. Please don't panic, but I think everyone should raise their alert status considerably. A lot can change depending on the weather over the next few hours, and even minutes, but if things don't change this could be a big one. I just got off the phone with Randy, and he said this information was verified through the state and with federal fire officials. Be safe out there. I'll stay up tonight and keep passing information along as I get it. FEMA AUTHORIZES FUNDS TO HELP FIGHT WYOMING'S OIL CREEK FIRE DENVER - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for Wyoming's Oil Creek Fire in Weston County. This is the third Fire Management Assistance Grant for Wyoming this year, all in the last four days. Previously, FEMA approved such grants for the Arapahoe Fire and the Squirrel Creek Fire, both in Albany County. FEMA Regional Administrator Robin Finegan approved the Fire Management Assistance Grant Monday night, July 2, upon receiving the state's request. At the time of the request, the fire was threatening more than 300 homes in the vicinity of Osage. Mandatory evacuations were in place for approximately 400 people. The fire started on Saturday, June 30, and had burned more than 12,000 acres of state and federal land. There are six other large uncontrolled fires in Wyoming. Weather predictions for the next two days indicate the Oil Creek Fire may increase to 55,000 acres. The Regional Administrator, Robin Finegan, determined that the fire threatened such destruction as would constitute a major disaster and signed the request at 10:58 p.m. Mountain Time on Monday. The authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75 percent of the state's eligible firefighting costs for managing, mitigating and controlling the fire. These grants do not provide assistance to individual home or business owners and do not cover other infrastructure damage caused by the fire. Fire Management Assistance Grants are provided through the President's Disaster Relief Fund and made available by FEMA to assist in fighting fires that threaten to cause a major disaster. Eligible items can include expenses for field camps; equipment use, repair and replacement; mobilization and demobilization activities; and tools, materials and supplies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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