Central Texas needs nation-wide prayers right now. This is a photo taken from Loop 360, showing the Bastrop fires behind the Austin skyline. As of tonight, more than 25,000 acres have been burned, and 476 homes, and it shows no signs of stopping.And that's just THAT fire. There are MANY more in the area:
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| photo credit: www.wunderground.com via www.deannaroy.com |
From our ynn.com News Network:
In Austin, so far this year:...we've had 80 days of 100+ (all-time record)It doesn't say how many days without rain...but I can't even remember the last day we had rain. We have been in a severe drought for at LEAST the past three months...
...we've had 23 days at 105+ (all-time record)
...we've had 27 consecutive 100+ days (all-time record)
...it's the hottest summer ever with an average of 89.5 degrees
...our hottest August was also the hottest month on record
Schools all across the Central Texas area have been shut down through at LEAST tomorrow, because they are housing evacuees who have had to leave their homes.
My husband has two--of ten--people on his shift who lost their homes in the fire last night at Steiner Ranch, off of FM620.
Dear Lord, please be with us right now in our time of need. Please keep our firefighters and first responders safe, please be with those who have lost everything, and with those who are still in the path of destruction. And, please Lord, let it RAIN!
Amen.
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