New Mexico has already been fighting some huge wildfires; just yesterday, 4 or 5 more began...after one last week destroyed a lot of country in/near Ruidoso/Ruidoso Downs(the track is the lifeblood of the area's economy)...and now the concerns are about mudslides on the denuded slopes...thankfully, no lives were lost, but many lost all they owned.
Now this AM I read on my MSN home page about wildfires around TX, and West Texas is mentioned, but w/ no details. While I was out in the barn doing AM chores, my sister called to tell me that our elderly aunt's home in Ft. Davis BURNED TO THE GROUND! Thank God, my aunt is OK, was removed to Alpine...but the house, and others in Ft. Davis, apparently, is GONE. Teresa, are you out there? Do you know anything? Or, anyone else who might have further information?? West Texas is not the most heavily populated part, and many are unfamiliar with it, but it is my personal favorite part of TX(I was in fact born there, in Marfa), and I have many wonderful memories 'built' there. I am deeply concerned for that beloved place, and am praying for all, the people AND the country. I hope you all will join me in this, for ALL who are having to deal with frightening and dangerous conditions all around our country. And, I'd very much appreciate ANY information from anyone 'in the know'.I have not found much save generalities online....
EDITED TO ADD: I finally found some info on the website for the Marfa newspaper, the "Big Bend Sentinel". My aunt's house was the loveliest house I've ever personally known...my mom did the interior decoration of it, and it was like a second home for me from when I was about 12, when it was built(in the early to mid '50s--yet it was so far 'ahead of its time' that it never seemed 'dated'.) A large number of homes were apparently lost in Ft. Davis. It is a gut-wrenching day for me.
Margo
Now this AM I read on my MSN home page about wildfires around TX, and West Texas is mentioned, but w/ no details. While I was out in the barn doing AM chores, my sister called to tell me that our elderly aunt's home in Ft. Davis BURNED TO THE GROUND! Thank God, my aunt is OK, was removed to Alpine...but the house, and others in Ft. Davis, apparently, is GONE. Teresa, are you out there? Do you know anything? Or, anyone else who might have further information?? West Texas is not the most heavily populated part, and many are unfamiliar with it, but it is my personal favorite part of TX(I was in fact born there, in Marfa), and I have many wonderful memories 'built' there. I am deeply concerned for that beloved place, and am praying for all, the people AND the country. I hope you all will join me in this, for ALL who are having to deal with frightening and dangerous conditions all around our country. And, I'd very much appreciate ANY information from anyone 'in the know'.I have not found much save generalities online....
EDITED TO ADD: I finally found some info on the website for the Marfa newspaper, the "Big Bend Sentinel". My aunt's house was the loveliest house I've ever personally known...my mom did the interior decoration of it, and it was like a second home for me from when I was about 12, when it was built(in the early to mid '50s--yet it was so far 'ahead of its time' that it never seemed 'dated'.) A large number of homes were apparently lost in Ft. Davis. It is a gut-wrenching day for me.
Margo
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