I’m sure at least some of you are familiar with this classic song by “Harry Nilsson”….. If you were in Oklahoma yesterday, you would have been trying to do just the opposite – Jump Out Of The FIRE!…… We had wildfires all the way from the Texas border to the Kansas border!….. One of the largest was in the SE area of Oklahoma City less than 4 miles from MR Central’s Oklahoma HQ…… J.J.’s abode was within one-half mile of the action……<\/p>\n
Over one hundred homes were totally destroyed (the official count has not been determined yet), along with an equal number, or more, damaged from the fires….. I can’t think of a worse way to lose your home….. In a tornado, you at least have a chance of some of your stuff surviving, but, in a fire – it’s all TOAST!…… The constant winds we have this time of year (actually we have them year round in Oklahoma) was the major factor, along with super low humidity, pushed the fires to the limit….. To be more accurate, we always have Texas blowing and Kansas sucking, or, Kansas blowing and Texas sucking…… Yesterday we had both!…… Texas started it with winds up to 70 mph out of the south, then about 9 pm last night a front moved though, and Kansas started blowing between 35-50 mph which changed the direction of the fires….. It was not a pretty site……<\/p>\n
I really, seriously, think I need to “get outta this place” (The Animals)…… We’re already had a tornado in February and now a firestorm, both within a few miles of MR Central….. Mother Nature has MR “bracketed In”, and, the only place I have to hide is in Prairie Dog Bob’s ample underground bunker……. I’m moving all the important stuff there before I leave to visit the Seattle MR Central HQ this following weekend…..<\/p>\n
S-o-o-o, If you’re looking for a “Hot Time in the Ol’ Town” – just come to Oklahoma for a visit, but, remember to bring your flame retardant shorts and a map of the nearest tornado shelter…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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