Looking at this photo, one gets a sense of what Mount Vesuvius must have looked like to the Romans in Pompeii. The smoke plume is visible from space.
There were a total of 3 large fires in the Austin Central Texas area over the Labor Day Weekend. For our part my wife and I were lucky. Our home was threatened by the Pedernales fire, which was controlled by late Sunday evening when the winds finally died down. At that time they had approximate 100 firefighters working on our fire, and 250 firefighters working on the Bastrop fire. Had the winds not died down, or had the fire jumped south of the Pedernales River, our story could have wound up very differently. We did have our suitcases packed, in case we had to evacuate; and I was particularly touched by the kindness of friends who called and offered their homes to us.
Below is the Bastrop smoke behind the Austin Skyline.
Bishop Vasquez from the Diocese of Austin, issued a statement asking for prayers and donations for #centraltxfires : http://bit.ly/onqxKZ.
Please keep the people of Bastrop in your prayers, as they continue to deal with this tragedy.
-John P.
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