Fire

I heard a bunch of sirens take off downtown and wondered why it was taking them so long to get where they were going?  It seemed to me that they were driving around on the local city streets nearby.  After a few minutes I heard their sounds getting closer.  Realizing that they were somewhere near, I opened my back door.  There on the other street directly behind me were the flashing lights.  The big rigs for the Fire Dept. hadn't arrived as yet.  Then I heard them start their loud booming alerts of the "big guys" coming out of their house.  The sound of the big fire truck is very different from the smaller vehicles.  Here they came booming  up the streets, coming to a stop there as well.  What seemed like forever, they worked at containing this house fire.  At one point I heard the sound of axes and then the chain saws took a firm loud cutting sound.  It sounded as though they were attempting to get to a fire inside a wall.  Very soon afterwards I heard the breaking of glass, which meant that they were having to get this stuff out of their way, to contain the fire.
After about 2 hours they had everything under control, packed up their equipment and left. 
I didn't get to watch the video, I was planning on, since there was ,more excitement outside my back door.  :)

Spring?

 

Well, they think it's spring and the temps are real nice.  What do you think.......is it spring yet?

Sunday

It's "Super Bowl" time again and once again the "Dallas Cowboys" failed to make the playoffs.  So, we get another year of waiting and hoping for a team that will take us next year.  If you have your bets down on the winner here's the best of luck to you and your endeavors.  I have 2 numbers and am hoping for a small amount of money to come my way.  I hear that there are many things you can bet on this year, right down to the color of "Gatorade" the winning team will toss on their coach.  Imagine that?

A Day

What a difference a day makes..........it's beautiful outside.  The sun is out the sky is blue......the birds are singing.....the temps are in the 60's and it really looks like spring is on the way.  Tomorrow will tell us if the ground hog" "ground hog" will see his shadow or not?  So, we will hold our breaths until it's official.  This happens every year and it's been going on for many years.  His prediction tells us the possibility of 6 weeks more winter or an early spring. 

Bad Weather

 

I took these pictures today while the line of thunderstorms were cranking up getting their gusto heading our way.  There's 2 video's which I will post later of how the storm line moved in and the rains came down...........all here in the North Texas area.

Real Smart?

Ok, what do you do with a idiot?  Well, anyone who stands on top of an oil storage tank and smokes a cigarette on their break is would you say stupid?  It's a custom that two men who were working the night shift in Van, TX will not forget or do again. While taking their break they lit up a cigarette, standing on top of an oil storage tank.  It blew up.  One is in a Dallas hospital in critical condition on life support and the other is also in a Dallas hospital in serious condition.  Damages were found to be considered bad, when the inspectors found 3 tanks that were completely destroyed. 
About 3am, emergency crews started fighting the fires that were extinguished by around 9:30am.  It is uncertain how bad the damage is to the other units in the complex.

Gloomy

 

Just another day with clouds and moisture.  We've had this for two days and it's getting old.  You can hear scattered raindrops ever so often and the wet chill goes through your bones.  That's how it is here in Texas.  One day it's 70* degrees with sunshine and the next it's like this.  Sure glad I'm not up in the east right now.  The have snow and ice with no prospects of it getting better for a few days.