It's Getting Hot In Here...

While many of our friends and family are cooling off in MN or drying out in NJ after Irene, San Antonio and all of Texas is still suffering through a major drought. Today, it hit a little too close to home!

Around 2:30 pm today, a brush fire broke out in Stone Oak, the community where we live. The blaze was contained to a 200-acre area about three miles from our house. Our entire ZIP code received a reverse 911 call to evacuate but most of us did not. If it crossed a particular nearby road though, you can bet all of us would be outta here! The photos and important papers are still packed by the door just in case.

Mark took this picture from the temple hill about a mile from the fire.



Ironically, it is now known that the fire was sparked by a San Antonio Water System truck in the area that didn't have enough water on board to douse the fire it started!