It has been a couple sad days here for us. On July 25, 2009 lightning struck a tree above New Harmony. And the Forest service would not go put it out. What was a tree burning that could be put out by one person is now a huge fire being fought by over 350 firefighters. It has burned more than 10,000 acres of land taking everything in its way. Several homes and structures have been burned to the ground. Our good friend Brent Prince lives there, and this has been devastating to him and all that live there.
This is a picture of Brents Brother Vernile watching the fire get close to his home.
You might be wondering how this affects us well the last 4 years we have gone to New Harmony either picking apples or riding horses. Jayson loves to ride in the mountains with Brent there and they have had some really great rides. It is like losing a good friend and we will miss seeing the mountains and hills and fields green and beautiful.
Now these once beautiful green mountains and hills are black and the tall trees are dead. And the pioneer heritage that was there is gone. We send our love and prayers to all the New Harmony community for the huge loss they have and hope that the land will someday come back green and beautiful again.
It is truly sad that a fire that could have been put out was left to burn like this. Why do we have the Forest Service if they do nothing to protect the land or the people?
These pictures are taken from Little Mountain , it is now a watching point to see the fire how sad.
2 comments:
That is horrible I can't believe that.
It is sad. My aunt's son was one that lost his and his wife's house. They lost everything.
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