Right now helicopters are circling our house
A fire across the Molalla River, the start of which was no less than 300 yards as the crow flies south from our house, is starting to come under control of the emergency fire crews, in great measure thanks to these two helicopters.
Here’s a video of the helicopters. How thankful we are for their effort.
UPDATE: Friday night about 7:30pm the helicopters ended their focus on the hillside and the fire was under control. A few hot spots remain Saturday morning, but all is well, and in fact no homes were evacuated.
Friday night we played Scrabble outside while keeping an eye on the progress. How many people do you know have played Scrabble while helicopters circled their home? (Soon I’ll post a pic of Dutch gazing at the choppers as they zoomed overhead at low altitude.)
August 31st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Wowee! We rejoice that you are fine and the danger has past. Good thing we didn’t know about it earlier. Worry, worry. Mom
September 1st, 2007 at 10:02 am
We arrived in Florida last night and this is the first opportunity we’ve had to access the internet (dial up…yuck).
So glad that the firefighters were able to get the fire under control and that all of you are safe and sound. That must have been very exciting for Dutch. We’ll keep you all in our thoughts.
Love, Dad and Mom2
September 4th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Praise the Lord everything is ok. We heard on the radio on our way out of town about the fire and thought of you guys but they said no homes were in danger. So glad all is ok! Love you guys!
September 7th, 2007 at 10:08 am
From Momma Zyp: This was a very exciting day…we actually felt spray from the water carriers as the helicopters skimmed our treetops. About 5 hours of continual helicopter noise. We are so grateful for those many men who worked the fire. We felt very protected. And we were grateful for the wind direction and God’s protection .