Today at about 12:30 the temp was over 100 and suddenly we smelled smoke. Cheryl went outside and yelled fire so I dialed 911 and fire units were already on the way. The field just across the road from our group of houses was burning. The next thing I knew there was a helo in the air over us so I turned on the TV and sure enough it was one of the DFW stations reporting. I was about ready to leave because with my COPD my lungs can't handle that smoke, but firefighters soon had it under control and thought it was out so they moved on to other fires in the area, but around 4:00 it flared back up.
We have had no rain to speak of, triple digit temps and a wind that can help spread a fire real fast. I hope I don't wake up in the middle of the night and this one starts again. Like in several locations our situation right now is very dangerous and if that fire had jumped the road there very well could have been several houses burned including mine. People have got to be very, very cautious in everything they do when conditions are this extreme. We are praying for rain, lots of rain at this point.
