What Don't Kill Us. . . . Updated with Pictures

Should only make us stronger.  That could be questionable when faced with the natural disaster my community was faced with this last weekend.  It amazes me how something like this causes people to come together and work exceptionally hard for the good of each and everyone.  But it is all good.  Our community will be changed forever, hopefully, for the better.  Yes, life will go back to life as usual but not entirely.  The earth is scarred and now, so is our hearts and minds. 

Yesterday, while much of the fires in my immediate area have been contained, the kids and I went driving. . . not just to look but to see if those we knew of in the bottom were okay and how they fared.  I think those we talked to were grateful for just the drive by and checking up on them.  To an outsider just driving through, they'd never believe a community was back there until they got there.  I think I live in a remote area. . . not hardly.

While we didn't take shots of all we saw, we did shoot what we could.  Kind of hard to get stopped, even at 20 mph for the wildlife we  saw.  It is heart breaking to see the cardinals and other birds sitting on branches and limbs where there once had been foliage.  In normal circumstances, a rabbit on the side of a county road will run. . . . Poor things didn't know where to run and so were just sitting on the dirt as the rest of their world was blackened.  Glad to see that these small creatures survived.

Like Scarecrows Waiting for Rain

(06/21/2011)

 Its a Long Time Till Spring

(06/21/2011)

One of the Many Melted Phone Boxes

(06/21/2011)

Not Much Green Left

(06/21/2011)

Starting the Cleanup Process

 

(06/21/2011)

A Few of Our Local Heroes: Kenny, Jordan, and Tim

(06/21/2011)

Without these guys, we'd be up a creek.