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It seems like so many county's in East Texas are reporting fires. We have been fortunate so far. But, they are almost all around us. Please pray for us.

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May the LORD keep HIS HAND of PROTECTION upon all you East Texans, in
Jesus Name. I have a dear older brother and wife in your city. May HE be
merciful unto all!

Hugs,

Falla39

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The wind isn't helping either. We made a quick trip out of town today. Just got home and one of our trees fell and crushed part of our fence. Arrghh!

We can also smell some brush burning somewhere. We have a burn ban, so I don't know where its coming from

Yes, we are all praying!

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A couple of my family members have evacuated, it's all around us, too, and the clothes we hung up to dry outside are sure to smell like smoke!

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Are you state-side now?

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The pictures on the news are horrifying.

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Only one fire reported in Mineola, Falla. Someone burning. And we have been under a burn ban for months.:foottap

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Yes, until my son is born in December.

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We need rain!

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Not teaching?

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How is everyone doing today?

God bless all of you and keep you safe in Jesus name.

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More fires today, at least 2 deaths and some firefighters injured.

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Praying.

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My BIL has been evacuated from his home close to Austin. Rain, rain, rain!!! I think we are going to need a hurricane. I've never prayed for one before. :heeheehee

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Florida gets wildfires too. I hope that the death and destruction does not touch any of God's people.

Have they called up the National Guard to help with this situation in Texas? When the fires become intense in FLorida, teh Guard is called to duty to help augment the firefighters.

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Fires have now started in Central Texas.

The two deaths in East Texas today were a young mother and her toddler. Pray for her family please.

I don't know Jermyn, I haven't seen anything on the news.

Governor Perry is cutting short his trip and is back in Texas today.

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There are fires near my town. We can see the smoke. Some people a few miles out were evacuated due to the smoke but are not immediately threatened by the fire.

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One of the problems is these are small volunteer fire depts. Even though they have help from the air, it's still just wearing them all out I'm sure.

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A sister in our church asked me to send this to our church prayer list. Let's all pray for all of those who are being affected by these fires, in Jesus Name!

"Asking the church to please pray for a close friend that had to evacuate from her home in Bastrop,TX because of the fires. The fire is now not far from my sister. A town 10 miles from her has already had to evacuate from their homes. My sister's town is under a warning for now.
Thank you for the prayers and I will keep everyone posted".

Falla39

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500 homes have burned and 5,000 evacuated. Waiting to hear if my SIL has to be evacuated. We were in Bastrop yesterday and saw a house burning.

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This has just been posted on FB. Please pass it along!

*ATTENTION TEXAS AND SURROUNDING AREAS.. WE NEED FIREMEN!!!! Begging for retired and any fireman to call number to help. We were short 25 fireman last night. Cannot contain town of Bastrop, 35 miles away...fire is 16 miles long, 6 miles wide, jumped Colorado river, evacuated entire town and also neighborhood called Steiner ranch of 5500* PLEASE EVERYONE REPOST EVEN IF NOT IN TEXAS. HELP!! Call 512-978-1187 Please REPOST!

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Pass it along, please!

Northeast Texas Equine Services of Pittsburg Tx is waiving emergency fee for horses requiring medical treatment due to fire. Must call cell 903-855-3179. Dr Keith Taraba. Please repost and share

In the Houston area - enough pasture land for up to 60 horses if needed to aid in wild fire evacuation. They can move up to 10 horses @ a time . FMI: 325-262-9574

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Not currently.

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This feels so eery and a little scary to smell the burning and this smoky haze all around. It looks like rain on the horizon, but it's smoke.

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Wow, we were right here Sunday morning. I guess the house we saw burning was a part of starting this. The wind was so tremendous. We ate at Southside in Elgin and the lights went out from all the wind.

The pine trees are like kerosene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYkca...layer_embedded

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Just talked to my Brother-in-law. He said he won't know until tomorrow if his house is still standing. Hoping for the best!

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Federal officials arrived in Bastrop today and are turning away volunteer firefighters. They want them to have filled out paperwork. LOL! "If you are a fire fighter wanting to volunteer you have to be activated by the National Forestry Service first.”

Yes, let people's homes burn to the ground while people jump through your hoops! :smack

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Leave it to the Feds, idiots.

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liability...

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I actually saw a Tweet yesterday that said "CENTRAL TEXAS DOES NOT NEED FIRE FIGHTERS. Please quit re-posting. Its false information."

On one hand, I'd think they need all the help they can get. On the other, maybe it's too much of a loophole to keep up with who's fighting what fire where. IDK. It's scary, nonetheless...

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A friend of mine and her husband live near Plantersville in Grimes County. She said all her neighbors have left except a few. For those who have left, she's watched trucks of people coming in afterward and burglarize homes.

As if the wildfire itself isn't stressful enough...

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Yea, people drove from as far as Brownsville, on their own dime to help.

That is part of it, I'm sure. And I can understand if you use people who are eager to help, but make bad judgments because they are inexperienced.

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As of 7:40 am today, Bastrop is 30% contained.

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This used to be a UPC church. It is now a floral shop.

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It's hard to imagine we drove right past here on Sunday afternoon.

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