FIRE RAIN AND FRIENDS

2/18/2012 SATURDAY

FROM 1/1/12 TO 2/16/12 THIS AREA HAS HAD JUST 0.03 INCHES OF RAIN!
ON THIS PAST WEDNESDAY I THINK WE GOT ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF RAIN, NOT SNOW. THE YEARS AVERAGE RAIN FALL IS JUST 4 INCHES.
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE MUST SPEND A FORTUNE ON SPRINKLING ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE.

ABOUT THE FIRE.
THURSDAY ABOUT 12:30 AM A POLICE CAR CAME FLYING AROUND THE VERY QUITE STREET IN FRONT OF US.
AS I HAVE SAID, THE STREETS ROLL UP ABOUT 10PM, SO ANYWAY THEY ROLL THRU AND ABOUT 8 TO 10 MINUTES LATER HERE COME THE FIRE TRUCKS, THEY USE THE WATER TANK TYPE OF FIRE TRUCK. THEY ALSO ARE DRIVING LIKE THEY ARE ON THE WAY TO A FIRE. GUESS WHAT, THEY WERE.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM US A MOTORCOACH HAD A SHORT IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND IT HAD STARTED A FIRE.
CONSIDERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IT IS NO WONDER THAT THE COACH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAME IN ONLY A MINUTE OR TWO.
THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF WOOD CABINETS, FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC AND FABRICS THROUGH OUT AS WELL AS A 40 GALLON PROPANE TANK UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR. WHEN THE FOLKS INSIDE SMELLED SMOKE THEY ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THEMSELVES OUT SAFELY. THEIR TOAD CAR WAS PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE COACH AND IN DANGER BUT, THE KEYS WERE IN THE COACH. IT SURVIVED.

SHE HAD ON PAJAMAS AND HE WAS IN SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT.

IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE LACK OF EMERGENCY THAT THE FIREMEN HAD, I GUESS THEY FELT THAT THE COACH WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THAT EVERYONE WAS SAFE, SO LETS NOT TAKE A CHANCE AND JUST PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY DID THAT IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE FIRE DID NOT GET TO THE PROPANE TANK AS FAR AS I KNOW, AS THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE BELOW THE FLOOR. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE CASSITA NEXT DOOR.
THE OWNERS OF THE BURNT COACH HAVE A HOME IN LAKE TAHOE WHERE THEY WILL GO TO AFTER THE INSURANCE INSPECTION IS COMPLETED, THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE FUN OF SHOPPING FOR A NEW COACH.

OUR FRIENDS OF 30 YEARS PLUS ARRIVED LAST WEEK FROM GLEN ELLEN IL AND WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE 4TH OF MARCH.
SANDYS BROTHER AND HIS WIFE STOPPED BY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AUSTIN TEXAS.
CHRIS AND GEORGIA WILL BE COMING IN FROM TUCSON AZ. NEXT WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN HERE IN INDIO CA. AND TO HAVE VISITORS STOP BY JUST MAKES THE STAY EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE.

TODAY, AS WITH MOST DAYS, ONLY THE HIGH FLYING AIRPLANES HAVE SCARED THE MAGNIFICENT BLUE SKYS WITH THEIR VAPOR TRAILS.
SOMEONE SAID, OUT HERE YOU JUST GO FROM ONE GREAT DAY TO ANOTHER AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS GO BY BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND SO IT DOES, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE WEEKS.

ENJOY
ART DAVIS