Thursday, January 12, 2006

Holy Smokes!

Sheila and I were on our way to get our massages. Now, you people know we are hooked. We have waited 2 weeks for this and I wanted my ass massaged ..badly!!

First, of all I need to tell you that we are under a MAJOR fire ban. So as we are getting closer to town we start noticing smoke. We know this is a bad sign. Normally this time of year the farmers are burning their stalks (from corn), but we knew it was not that because of the fire ban. FUCK!! We think. The closer we get the bigger it looks. We are now questioning whether we should stick around. This town has many explosive chemical plants.....that could go BOOM and wipe it off the face of the planet. Sheila was driving which worries me to no end. She is not good in emergency situations. She tends to start speeding (yes, she starts speeding) and trying to look at everything at once...AND DRIVE! Yes, I am nervous on the passenger side. Ok, it really wasn't that bad....she swears she had an escape plan. She would "haul ass and get us out of town and nobody better get in our way!" Now, I am really scared.....a fire looming over us and Sheila's threat of speeding through traffic. At this point we called our brother-in law (they live there) and ask what the hell is going on. He explains everything, plus the wind has shifted. Mother fucker the fire is even closer than we originally thought. So, we like a couple of sissy girls, decided to cancel our beloved massages appointments and burn rubber.

First, we remembered we needed to go to the liquor store (who cares if the town is burning down around us.) Then we decided since we were at the light and already there that we should check it out. We took a right and went as far as we could and then took a side road and gawked. How many people have ever seen an out of control grass fire? We could see all emergency vehicles from many surrounding communities, planes flying overhead and tractors plowing up the dry grass. The fire is very close to an ammonia plant, cotton gin and grain elevator. Talking about flammable material. Only module trucks were getting through to remove cotton modules. We gawked for awhile and then decided to hit the liquor store and leave.

As we are coming home we start noticing smoke that is very close to some of our father's land. We drive down the dirt road and see another field on fire. We called 911 and emergency vehicles were already on their way (our good duty for the day).

We finally made it home and are now drinking and waiting for the whole county to burn down.

Quote for the day.
" I fell in to a burning ring of fire,
I went down, down , down,
and the flames went higher,
and it burns, burns, burns...."
Johnny Cash
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