Too close for comfort...

So I have been assuring friends and family that we are far away from any of the wildfires that have been plaguing Texas due to the extreme drought.  Well, I stand corrected.  This was the image we had upon leaving work at 5 pm today. 

Images from ConocoPhillips' Headquarters

The large smoke plume was from a grass fire that started around 3 pm in George Bush Park, which is a big reservoir/park less than a mile from our house (we bike over there all the time on the bike paths) - across highway 6.  Luckily the highway, plus the reservoir barrier makes a good fire break.  As we are only a few blocks from highway 6, Derek biked over there and got a good vantage point of the fire fighting activity for a few pics.

We are safe.  No houses have been burned in this fire.  As of this blog post, it seems to be well under control.  I just feel for all of the families that have been affected by the more deadly devastation in Austin and other locations around the state.  We keep praying for rain- even for a small "kiss" from a hurricane or two!!!!

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