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