Say a Prayer for my Ward

[Surfah]

The fire here in Saratoga and EM is done. It was crazy bad for a while and then, in about an hour (interestingly enough, my wife and I were in the temple for that hour) it was fully contained. Your prayers were heard. Well done thou good and faithful servant.

I do what I can.

[TripletDaddy]

Just to clarify, the Saratoga springs fire is not done. It is 80% contained as of about an hour ago and the evacuation orders have been lifted, but it is still going.

The news is showing images from the Hwy 89 fire east of nephi. Very sad stuff. Lots of retired folks and ranchers are losing structures, land is being scorched, and people can only sit from afar and watch things burns.

Also, those summer thunderstorms that I referenced earlier....unfortunately, they are dry thunder storms. Yikes. That is the last thing needed right now.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I hope some of our rain here in the PNW finds its was to Utah. Fires are scary stuff.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

That Wood Hollow fire is scary. It started a day ago and is up to 40,000 acres. We need rain and in a hurry.

[FMCoug]

CO is getting hit something fierce too. I have a couple friends out of The Springs who have been evacuated.

One posted on his FB that 50% of all the fire suppression equipment in the nation is in CO right now.

EDIT: Pic Taken of Garden of the Gods he posted on FB

[LiveCoug]

Just to clarify, the Saratoga springs fire is not done. It is 80% contained as of about an hour ago and the evacuation orders have been lifted, but it is still going.
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Thanks for the clarification... from my neighborhood in SS (far from the fire) it looks like it is totally out. Guess not.

Praying for Sanpete County! That is no bueno.

[Shaka]

Thanks for the clarification... from my neighborhood in SS (far from the fire) it looks like it is totally out. Guess not.

Praying for Sanpete County! That is no bueno.

You must live over in Harvest Hills.

[LiveCoug]

You must live over in Harvest Hills.

Nope... we live in the most isolated neighborhood of SS. We are forgotten over here. We don't even have an SS zip code. We have a Lehi zip code and our back yard fence is the border. Needless to say, we never put Saratoga Springs on any of our correspondences. I put Lehi for everything.

[The Fourth Nephite]

Several homes have burned. Many, many homes are still in danger. Barring some weird winds, I'm out of danger. North part of the ward has lost power. Will be 3 weeks until restored.

[doctorcoug]

Several homes have burned. Many, many homes are still in danger. Barring some weird winds, I'm out of danger. North part of the ward has lost power. Will be 3 weeks until restored.

I'm sorry you are going through this. I went through a natural disaster and it took us over a year to clean up the mess.

I HIGHLY recommend you get a generator and have an electrician install a power switch so you can feed the house with it, if needed.

[wuapinmon]

Several homes have burned. Many, many homes are still in danger. Barring some weird winds, I'm out of danger. North part of the ward has lost power. Will be 3 weeks until restored.

Natural disasters are awful in part because of the waiting and worrying. Here's hoping for some rain.

[TripletDaddy]

On the news tonight, interviews with folks in sanpete county...many of them have lost everything. The saddest part of the interview is a makeshift tent township that has popped up in a large field....people being interviewed about losing everything they have, including their home, their only shelter a donated tent in the background.

Where the heck is the rain?

[The Fourth Nephite]

There is now smoke on the east mountains, south of Mt. Pleasant. This could be a new fire starting up.

[smokymountainrain]

I'll say a prayer for your community/neighborhood, not just your ward. Crazy that you might be having a new one pop up in your area. Good luck with it.

[The Fourth Nephite]

I'll say a prayer for your community/neighborhood, not just your ward. Crazy that you might be having a new one pop up in your area. Good luck with it.

In this case, the ward is, for the most part, identical to the area affected by the fire. I consider all my neighbors, whether LDS or not, to be in my ward.

The new fire, if it is one, is at least 20 miles away.

Thanks for your prayers and good thoughts. Go firefighters!