The Fire

This doesn't look good, does it?
Ryan was headed to the gym early this morning when he heard on the radio that multiple buildings were on fire in the business park where Ryan's distribution center is located.
Naturally he panicked because his warehouse is full of FIREWORKS. And we all know that fireworks and fire are not a good combo.

Ryan quickly found out that it was the building right next to one of his warehouses that was on fire. Still not good to have a massive fire next door to millions of dollars worth of fireworks. But the firefighters did their job well. It took 9 hours and fire companies from 4 different counties to get it under control. At one point there were 40 pieces of equipment/trucks there!

And this is all that was left. This building was owned by Cargill. They manufactured feed for dairy cows in the warehouse. I can remember many times sitting in the parking lot of Ryan's work with the kids in the car watching the grain elevator pour dairy feed down into the back of a truck. Christian always loved to see it.

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So it's been an exciting day for Ryan, just not in a good way. And we are praising God that no one was in the building when it caught on fire and that their were no injuries in putting out the blaze.

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And today Christian and I have been having lots of good conversations about what to do if we had a fire in our house. This is the first time we've talked about this since we've moved into our new house and it's a good discussion to have (probably should have had it sooner). We talked about all the different ways there are to get out of our house. We practiced unlocking the windows and talked about how to kick out the screens. And we picked a special meeting place outside in case there was an emergency and we got separated. And we talked about how you NEVER hide during a fire. Do you have a "fire plan" for your family?

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(Actual fire pictures courtesy of Fire Station #4)