I reached out to Cynthia as soon as I read about the wildfires in southern Colorado. One broke out just five miles from her home. How would you like to look see this from your kitchen window, knowing how tinder dry the landscape is? Fortunately, she and her husband have trimmed trees and reduced scrub oak around their property to reduce fire risk and they're in the process of installing a huge water cistern, too.
Their neighborhood is so remote that it took fire trucks almost 35 minutes to arrive; by then it had engulfed more than 20 acres. The blaze has been 30% contained since Cynthia took this photo three days ago.
Spraying fire retardant helped, but they're not out of the woods yet: some fires farther away are still burning out of control.
But Cynthia has never been one to sit around and worry, particularly when she can put her skill set to good use.
I sort of volunteered myself to feed the firefighters. And I’ve been making meals for 25 to 100 hungry people for 3 days now. I go through 6 dozen eggs for breakfast casseroles or burritos, 30+ pounds of chicken for chicken rice casserole, 30+ pounds of beef for beef tips etc. The challenge is not feeding that many but running 40 minutes into town to buy groceries 😬
May she and Bill remain safe. Their situation really puts New York City's sweltering temps and our seriously leaky pool at the Folly in perspective!
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