I'M HOME!!!!

[rich-]

Awesome news, so glad to hear all is well with you.

Rich

 

[jack07]

Great news!

 

[smokinhusker]

Thanks Rich and Tim! It's good to be back!

Finally getting a little rain too this afternoon.

 

[deuce]

Glad you are back and everything is ok!!

 

[smokinhusker]

Thank you! Made a run to the market and picked up some goodies for the smoker tomorrow...don't care if it's raining or not!

 

[moikel]

Glad you are home safe we have bush fires in common with USA.Those volunteers are wonderful people.Lets hope everybody else gets home safe as well. MICK

 

[bluebombersfan]

Great to hear everything was how you left it when you got home!  I bet those hard working firefighters would love some of your smoked goodies!!

 

[smokinhusker]

Thanks guys!!! Fires, whether the ones here or the ones you have Mick are nothing to ignore. Made a trip down to Colo Spgs this morning and the devastation was very humbling. The area sure was lucky that there wasn't more damage and loss, we lucked out this time. Yep thinking I might just have to smoke a couple pork butts for them!

 

[moikel]

Until you have been evacuated or in the path of one of those big fires you don't truly appreciate how terrifyingly fast they move or how a wind change can turn you from a spectator to a casualty . Sure you can watch the TV  footage but when you are hearing,smelling ,watching it live its another dimension. I don't have property in fire zones anymore but the experience stays with you. Stay lucky. MICK

 

[forluvofsmoke]

Alesia! That is the best news I've heard for almost a week! And you didn't loose anything to fire, that's even better news!

Take it slow and easy while you get your life back on track...it can be overwhelming, so just do what you need to and find that groove you like to hang in. You'll be back to a reasonable level of "normal" soon. These kinds of things do rattle your cage for quite some time, so just give it a while.

We were only evacuated for 2-1/2 days or so from a tornado back in 2005, but it seemed a lot longer than that, and getting all the damages repaired took until the middle of the following summer to complete, but we really were lucky that we even had a home when it was all said and done...most homes close to ours were destroyed, and there were two casualties. It did change our outlook on life, and we've been getting better prepared for disasters since then.

No matter what the disaster scenario, or who it happens to, it is a life-changing event, and it comes with a learning process, so take what you learned and move forward from where you are now...that's all you can do to maintain some degree of sanity after all the dust settles and the reality of it all sets in.

Again, very pleased to know your home and property is OK, and most of all, that you and yours are safe.

Eric

 

[smokinhusker]

Thank you both!

What you both have said so true. You never really know what something like this can do to change your life. Being a former military wife and living everywhere and nowhere, I've experienced quite a bit...tsunami (turned out small) in Hawaii, 2 tornadoes in PA, and now 2 fires in CO. I don't know how much was luck, preparation and how much was from some higher power watching out for us. Whatever it was, I am blessed to have come out of it all fairly unscathed. I think also having a special needs child helped me to stay calm and level headed. Always had to be prepared for anything with him!

Still have a few things to unpack and pick up the frozen foods and the atvs at our friend's home this weekend. Then time to get better organized for an easier exit should anything like this happen again. I can say that today was absolutely fantastic (other than seeing how close the fire came to us and the devastation resulting from where it did burn). Rock was home and we had a great time, just hanging out and smoking pork riblets, chicken leg quarters, stuffed mushrooms, baked beans and deviled eggs. 

Life is definitely good and we had some much needed rain yesterday afternoon/evening. Not a downpour, just a couple hours of a decent steady rain. Now they are saying they might actually have the monster contained much sooner than anticipated.

Until you have been evacuated or in the path of one of those big fires you don't truly appreciate how terrifyingly fast they move or how a wind change can turn you from a spectator to a casualty . Sure you can watch the TV  footage but when you are hearing,smelling ,watching it live its another dimension. I don't have property in fire zones anymore but the experience stays with you. Stay lucky. MICK

Alesia! That is the best news I've heard for almost a week! And you didn't loose anything to fire, that's even better news!

Take it slow and easy while you get your life back on track...it can be overwhelming, so just do what you need to and find that groove you like to hang in. You'll be back to a reasonable level of "normal" soon. These kinds of things do rattle your cage for quite some time, so just give it a while.

We were only evacuated for 2-1/2 days or so from a tornado back in 2005, but it seemed a lot longer than that, and getting all the damages repaired took until the middle of the following summer to complete, but we really were lucky that we even had a home when it was all said and done...most homes close to ours were destroyed, and there were two casualties. It did change our outlook on life, and we've been getting better prepared for disasters since then.

No matter what the disaster scenario, or who it happens to, it is a life-changing event, and it comes with a learning process, so take what you learned and move forward from where you are now...that's all you can do to maintain some degree of sanity after all the dust settles and the reality of it all sets in.

Again, very pleased to know your home and property is OK, and most of all, that you and yours are safe.

Eric

 

[piaconis]

Glad to hear all is well.

 

[solaryellow]

Glad you are back home safely Alesia!

 

[smokinhusker]

Thank you...it's good to be back!

 

[tjohnson]

Glad to hear you guys are safe!

Great News!!

Todd

 

[smokinhusker]

Thanks Todd!

As of this morning the Waldo Canyon Fire is 90% contained, burnt 18,247 acres, destroyed 346 homes and 2 deaths. They are estimating 100% containment by tomorrow - 10 days sooner than originally estimated. 

 

[sqwib]

Scary stuff, glad all is ok

 

[smokinhusker]

Thank you! It was scary and I don't have to go through it again for the rest of my life if possible!

 

[boardpuller]

Glad your Home and SAFE

 

[smokinhusker]

Thank you!