WWYT What Would You Take?

First of all – everyone needs to pray for rain for Texas, please…. or send some positive rain vibes or whatever you do.   There are fires burning everywhere here. 

Backing up to Sunday when we came home from church this is what we saw.  

Fire trucks everywhere, command center in the middle of the street and the land across the street from us on fire!  At first as we drove through the barricade we thought it was our house and I knew the only really important thing was to get the girls, Lillie and Iris, out.  This foam they kept spraying after the fire was out.

 

But it wasn't our house and the wind, which was about 4o mph  was blowing away from our house as the temperature climbed to 105. It went on to spread to 20 more acres and was then contained.  And that quickly became one of the lesser fires.  All day long sirens blared as fires started popping up everywhere.   I know this picture looks like my house is a hovel and sometimes it is – haha – but there was a time when it was green and blooming.  Because of the hottest summer ever recorded and the most severe drought in half a century our yard and plants are gone.  We just couldn't seem to water enough and then came the time when doing so was a waste.

Then I saw this where it shows the first fire started on our side lot –

nope it was across the street so the EndofDays-er blogger who put my address as ground zero for fires of hell or whatever should meet the rest of the endofdaysers across the street. Laughing….sort of.

Anyway – with all that done and sitting all cozy in my hovel I decided to pack a few things to grab and go. With the dogs in the car…some of the things on my list (actually in a laundry basket) – computer…it has tons of my family pictures and lots of info we'd need for insurance, etc.and easier to take than that stuff, birth certificate and ss cards, some jewelry – only gold or silver unless it's sentimental, and some prescriptions that cost more than gold and silver.  Then for me a few clean clothes, and the programs and wrapped gifts I did for my niece's wedding even though I was scoffed at for wanting to put them in the car just in case!!! 

And even though the wedding is at a resort

a few miles from  the worst fire in Texas   –

Bastrop County – it will go forth somewhere because I'm happy to say it's more about the marriage than the wedding!

Many people have lost their homes – over 600 – and the worst fires are still zero containment.  So, here it is my favorite day of the year – this beautiful September day when the first cool front has arrived  these fires are still raging.

I'm keeping all those displaced people and the firemen in my prayers.

(pictures from Facebook)

Now… what 5 things would you take if you only had 10 minutes?  

xoxo Nancy

PS – I forgot…phones and chargers for all the electronic crap!  My basket just got heavier!

PSS I'm joining Sue @ It's A Very Cherry World today for Rednesday after realizing I have a big red firetruck to show!