Circle of Fire

I did not take this photo. It is circulating around because it pretty much sums up the weekend. There are fires sprouting up all over Austin. This one in the picture is Bastrop. It is about 15 miles east of Austin. This fire, I think is 16 miles long and 6 miles wide. It's crazy. I have lived here in central Texas since 1999 and have never dealt with this. My family has in Southern California though. Fortunately, the winds from Hurricane Lee have subsided and hopefully they can gain some ground on this fire that was moving at 3mph, I think.

We need rain. I don't remember the last time we had rain, a good rain. It's dry. It's a strange feeling to need something so badly and no one can do anything about it.

There are fires surrounding us. They aren't close, but we already have a plan. We know what we're doing, just in case. Of course, if that time were to ever come, who knows how we'd react. Hoping we don't have to make those decisions and no one is stupid enough to flick a cigarette butt out of their car window driving down our street. There are some stupid people in this world.