That was a scary afternoon yesterday.
This is the only road that gets to our house. This is looking south, and the fire was 1.5 miles south, traveling right to left in the photo, or west to east at 50 MPH. The fire was started a couple of miles to the west of us, and traveled due east and fortunately for us, stayed south. Many houses were destroyed. The fire department said every fireman was called to duty and they all were fighting the flames. They called in help from other areas.
The did a wonderful job and saved a lot of houses.
The winds gusted to 58 MPH and the sand and "stuff" in the air was painful when it hit skin. The dang red cedar trees that pop up like weeds, and are even considered a weed tree is a major issue. The are full of an oil, and the just explode with fire and throw off embers that catch the next one on fire. Property owners are encouraged to remove them, but most never do.
No deaths or injuries, but lots of property loss.
I was watering the yard that is mostly dormant dry Bermuda when the electricity went out. We lost power and the internet for two hours, it came on for an hour, and then back off for two hours.
We need some rain!