{"id":9952,"date":"2017-10-29T03:56:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T03:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/?p=9952"},"modified":"2017-10-29T03:56:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T03:56:47","slug":"fires-and-storms-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/?p=9952","title":{"rendered":"Fires and Storms in July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well as usual, I am running behind once again…after my trip to Arkansas in July, I got busy with some rockhunting and work issues. Now we have our first cold weekend in October, so I will try and catch up…on the 9th of July, I heard Sullivan Fire Department dispatched to a trailer on fire at Sycamore Trailer Park, so Onxy and I headed that way in the truck, and I observed light smoke as we approached on Springfield Road. I parked in the old Maid Rite parking lot and walked down to <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

the scene, finding firefighters getting ready to extinguish a shef fire, not a trailer fire, and electrical lines arcing as well as the meter box throwing off sparks…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…where I discovered that Nolan Crawford was now a Captain and pulling hose for his crew….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The shed, needless to say, was a total loss on arrival. A few days later, this neat looking storm approached from the north and dropped some much needed rain in the area….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…and an hour later, I photographed Sullivan`s Rescue truck heading down my street going to a call to the north…the lights reflecting off the wet pavement….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…and just a few weeks later, we were dry as a bone and cigarettes tossed out the windows of motorists going east on I-44, near the old Trade Winds Hotel, were igniting the grass and brush on the south side of the interstate…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…luckily with assistance from St Clair, the fires were quickly brought under control, stretching about a mile down the eastbound lanes of I-44…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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