Fire!

Almost 2 weeks ago now, there was a fire down the street.  Yikes!  It was a bit scary as the wind had started to pick up that afternoon.  It was a brush fire and I was so glad the fire crew were on it pretty quickly.  

We were wondering why there were so many helicopters circling around the area.  It was right during our dinnertime. First one, then two, and then it sounded like another.  And sure enough, it was also the fire crew circling up top dumping water on the fire!

So glad it was only a small fire but you can clearly see the smoke:

Chopper overhead and looks like Charlie isn't even too interested anymore:

You can somewhat see the chopper dump the water in this photo:

It was on the local news!

I wonder if I would have evacuated if that fire was so close to my house.  Literally right next door!

Thankfully the fire was taken care of quickly.  There was no other news on how it had started.  Weirdly enough, we never got any text about the emergency either!

I definitely won't miss these fires in California.  Thank goodness there hasn't been any big ones near us compared to last year, where we would actually get the haze and smoke by the house.  Although, supposedly there's been quite a few tornadoes/storms in Illinois and the surrounding states.  Guess you just can't win them all!