Author: Elaine

Thank You, Fire Fighters

Thank you signs to the firefighters working on the Black Forest Fire are a current feature throughout our area.  There are still signs in place that appeared after the Waldo Canyon Fire.  In addition to the professionally made signs like this one from our grocery store:

Thank You

there are a variety of home made signs hung on fences bordering roads, like this one my friend made:

Thank you

She is pretty sure the fire-fighters saw her sign:  her place is on a main route into the Black Forest just a few blocks away from where the fire-fighters had their camp at Pine Creek High School. Every day, at shift change times, people would line the road near the school to cheer them home.

Two Weeks Ago

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Day two of the Black Forest Fire I went to my friend’s to help evacuate chickens and also pick up some hay for her horses we were keeping at our place.  This was the view from her back yard. Her place was about a mile due south of the start of the fire, and we were obviously concerned what might happen if the wind shifted to the north.