[Magdalen] Prayer Request--Fires

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It has been mentioned on the Weather Channel.  Getting more serious for
those with respiratory problems. Lord have mercy.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> In east Tennessee, where I was this past weekend, they are desperate for
> rain. There are wildfires burning across the mountains everywhere and the
> air quality was upgraded (or downgraded, depending on how you want to look
> at it) to Code Red this morning, which is the most serious of all. It looks
> like Beijing. My son-in-law sent me video yesterday from the cell tower he
> was on near Pigeon Forge and it was scary. It wasn't too horrible over the
> weekend where we were because there was a breeze, but it stopped overnight
> Sunday and when we left Monday morning the smog in Johnson City was like LA
> or worse. It continued like that all the way through the panhandle of SW
> Virginia until I-81 make the turn and headed straight north--I think some
> of that smoke came from wildfires in eastern KY, where some schools are
> closed today because of smoke. My son-in-law has bad allergies and is
> having to wear a mask part of the time even up on the towers; my daughter
> and the boys also have allergies and are having to stay indoors. We were
> both pretty miserable Monday until we got home. Tennessee's governor has
> declared a state of emergency across the entire state and instituted a burn
> ban. Several arsonists suspected of starting these fires have also been
> caught and charged. We in the northern Shenandoah Valley of VA have not had
> any wildfires thus far, possibly because we had a decent amount of rain
> this past spring and summer, but it's pretty dry now and apparently there
> are some small fires here and there.
>
> All this is a long way of asking for prayers for good, soaking rains for
> this area, for all people in the paths of these fires, and for the people
> who are working day and night to fight them. Also that any who have started
> them be found and brought to justice. Thank you.
>