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Quick prayer for those near the forest fires ...

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For any of the folks out there near the forest fires. I hope y'all are staying safe, and that none of you lose anything.

Up until today, the forest fires were just over the border in Idaho. They've been jumping fire-lines and now we've got ash raining on our car in the parking lot here in Missoula. Ever seen the movie volcano? Yeah, a little like that. *shudder*

Fingers crossed for some soaking rain soon. We could sure use it!
 

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Forest fires are scary...we saw one from up on top of a mountain when we were in Utah last summer. Crazy how fast it spread in 15min with 70mph winds. I wish we could send you some rain...we have more than enough right now.
 
Sorry, that's the only one I grabbed. Haven't seen anything odd today, but if it does it again I'll get some video of it snowing ash. So creepy.

Aww. Sad story. I hope the little bear makes it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4882766...-abandoned-burned-idaho-wildfire#.UD6-NaDlt8E

The fires closest to us are the Mustang Complex Fires. Pretty much right across the border in Idaho, where over a million acres have burned. I found a site with a great satellite image from yesterday of the smoke. You can see the border between us and Idaho. Missoula is near the top, and then the entire Bitterroot Valley is engulfed in smoke. At this point, I'm quite worried about our new house down there. It's 10 miles from the Idaho border. Hopefully if it's going to burn, it does it before we close in two weeks! (Sorry, sick attempt at humor!)

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79021&src=nhrss
 
Wow! I didn't even realize how bad the situation was there. I hope that it's under control soon, for everyone's sake in that part of the country!
 
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