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On Monday, 4/27/09 we had a really good scare in our community.  I live in a wooded area and most the lots are 1 acre or more.  Anyway, one of the homeowners smelled smoke and low and behold a fire indeed had started in a field near them.  During this time I was inside working on the computer when I heard sirens and thought oh, no one of our neighbors had taken a turn for the worse  and was being taken to the hospital.  I called one of my neighbors to find out what had happened and found out that instead a fire was engulfing some of the properties on their side of the complex.  By the time it was all done, we had 50 acres of our community burned by the brush fires.  (We were very fortunate that the fires remained near the ground and had not gotten up high into the tree tops.)  The next day I went out with hubby to see what had actually happened and the area looked like a battle zone.  I could not believe all the damage that was done to the land.  Thank the Lord that no homes were burned, even though the fire did come to within 30 feet of a few. Now I have a good understanding of  the devastation fire can do, even if it was small compared to what happens on the West Coast.  My heart goes out to all those folks that have lost everything they had in such a manner.  I have included some photos of  the area for all you to see.  My hat is off to the men and women who fight these fires, Thank You for saving our Community.

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Here it is still the winter season and we’re getting tornado warnings!  Worst yet the storm today did scare me a bit.  Around 2pm I was sitting at the ol’ computer looking out the window, when all of a sudden  huge gust of wind came through.  It managed to knock over the water fountain in the front yard and move a rather large planter I have on the front porch.  A few minutes later we lost power.  It did not come back on until 3 hours later.   When power did come on, I turned on the TV and saw news stories about the storm damage to different parts of Tennessee.  I am thankful that we had no serious damage to our home, however, I can’t say that about some other folks in the area.  Lots of trees and power lines were down as well as a few roofs blown away.

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