i am glad for you ,,,and happy too hear all is safe --- On Sun, 6/28/09, neal zimmerman <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: neal zimmerman <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: mopar collection narrowly avoids disaster > To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 9:26 PM > wow, what a day. > Had a grass fire here on the ranch and the flames > got 20 feet from > the Mopar barn. I was out there trying to fight it all with > the garden > hose when the pumper trucks and the > fire chief showed up . Found > out the cause was two live wires dangling on the > adjacent tractor > shed blowing around in the wind. apparently hanging there > live for > years and just the right conditions of dry > grass and heavy winds > to make them cross and throw sparks . > I was alerted by thirty screaming > cows all bellering it up, all > upset. I came outside to see what all the commotion > was and " what > the f.......Oh geeez". > somebody down the road must have called > it in, i was mighty glad to > see those guys. > > The tractor barn got a corner > burned out of it , and lots of > scorched earth. > and to think I decided to not go in to work today, > Had I gone the > whole place would have burned . > My Mopars live on to fight another day. > > And lets not forget to be grateful for > fire fighters , we talk > about veterans a lot, but often overlook those guys. > neal zimmerman, eugene oregon >