Friday, December 2, 2011

wind and destruction

Its December and you would think it is going to get cold and snowy
It has a bit
But the worst has been the wind
last Sunday November 27th it was
my Daughters
16th Birthday
this is my baby

the day was planned
time with family a dinner
and a nice evening together
at noon the wind came up
nothing new here in Southern Alberta
we were going into the city to buy a book for the
Birthday girl, Mr Sugar was securing the baby seat in the car
no I do not have a baby, I have grandkids
he came in and said there is smoke to the west
5 min later his fire pager went off and they called the town over to respond, 5 min later they called Raymond to respond
so off goes Mr. Sugar
( 19 year vetran of our volunteer fire dept.)
this was no ordinary fire with it came winds gusting to 150km hour or 100 miles an hour
in other parts of the world this is concidered
a hurrican or tornado force winds, here in alberta its normal
we don't like it and why we live here I am not sure but we do.

this fire burned 30 km had 9 fire dept. all Volunteer
and many Hutterite colonies that hauled water to the trucks and worked hard to make fire breaks
these pictures are taken from Raymond which is 20km from the fire the second picture is from Stirling and is 30 km from the fire, the flames shot so high and burned so bright that you thought it was much closer
these fire fighters fought hard and lost no one structure
We were not the only fire in SA about 2 hrs later a fire broke out on the westside of Lethbridge these men and women fought just as hard but because it is more populated the outcome was much different

the next morning we could see the damage in our own yard
this is whats left of the play house Mr. Sugar and Sugar Son in Law built for mothers day this year
Yes I want to cry
Mr Sugar says he can put humpty back together again

So now we look forward to Christmas
my Texas children fly home on the 14th
can't wait to see that little guy
its been 3 months and skyp just does'nt cut it

Tonight is Christmas on Main street here in
good old Raymond
I will take pictures and share with you later


4 comments:

  1. OHHH Heavens Tammy, we hear about your storms and just cannot believe what else can happen..proof of destruction ...sadly your wee play house...needs to be put back..but you are fine and he is too...that surely is a blessings..happy name sake day for your daughter x

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  2. Wow -- that's awful! I can't imagine winds that high being normal. So sorry about your little house -- I hope it's rebuilt when things warm up!

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  3. Sorry you little house was destroyed... but can be repaired!!
    Thank you so much for the table topper tutorial. I have a lovely wooden 52 inch square table and I'm going to make one for it. Thanks again!!

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  4. Sorry you little house was destroyed... but can be repaired!!
    Thank you so much for the table topper tutorial. I have a lovely wooden 52 inch square table and I'm going to make one for it. Thanks again!!

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