Fire

This year we had a very mild winter I LOVED it, until summer when it seemed like the whole state was on fire!! Usually the summer brings pretty green yards and mountains even though Utah is a very dry state but this summer was very different. Not only did we not get enough snow through the winter May and June were so so windy it just dried everything up even more than it already was. Towards the end of June the mountain to the east of us started on fire. It seemed like it happened so fast. We had been outside with the kids playing and there wasn’t any smoke in sight we came in the house to get Mike ready for work and when he left thirty minutes later there was smoke and fire all over the mountain. The wind blew like crazy and the fire spread very fast. Before long it had went up and over the mountain top and was now heading towards Fairview. Having my family live in Fairview we keep giving each other updates on what was happening on both sides of the mountain. Fairview ended up being evacuated because the fire got to close to town. By the time this fire was put out it had burned thousands of acres of land. So many people lost so  much, homes, livestock, grazing land for their livestock and sadly there was one death caused by this fire. I feel so sad for the people who lost so much and I am VERy greatful that all of my family was safe and lucky enough not to lose anything. While this fire was burning another fire started on the mountain east of Fairview which is where Mike works. They wouldn’t let the miners drive up to work for quite awhile. I cant say it wasn’t nice having Mike home but at the same time he wasn’t getting paid and we keep hearing rumors that if the fire got close enough to the mine they wouldn’t be able to reopen the mine. Luckily everything ended up working out but I cant say it wasn’t a scary summer. Lets hope we get snow this winter (and that’s coming from someone who HATES snow)!!!!!!!