Florida Fires
Again...fire. Sadly, fire has become an annual occurrence in Florida. This year, the fires burning Florida are reminiscent of those horrendous ones in 1998, when Florida's landscape was so widely charred.
The pines planted to replace those lost that year were finally getting tall enough to make you forget how ravaged the landscape looked. Now, they and other trees are burning again with no rain in sight. The drought and heat has made the whole state tinder.
Lost vegetation...animals displaced and killed...homes burned to the ground. Heartbreaking. Set by lightning? No...it was arson.
it's to sad. i hope to end soon
Posted by: vaggelis vlahos | May 15, 2008 at 05:49 AM
Arson? That's just heartbreaking. I hope they catch the guilty party, and soon.
Posted by: ronbailey | May 15, 2008 at 06:36 AM
Terrible, even more so, that it was arson - but it seems they got the guy...
Posted by: Klaus | May 15, 2008 at 07:38 AM
It just breaks my heart and scares me so , as I travel far from home on my daily regime.
Posted by: sandy kessler | May 15, 2008 at 08:02 AM
Horrors. Arson is mass murder. I hope they catch the person.
Posted by: colleen | May 15, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Fire is such a scary thing. Be wary of the smoke, too. It can be just as bad as the flames.
Posted by: CountryDew | May 15, 2008 at 04:08 PM
How awful! Fires are scary. We used to see fires like this in SC when I lived there. Terrible that it was arson.
Posted by: Sandpiper | May 15, 2008 at 08:31 PM
Terrible news, worse by arson intent.
Posted by: Rob | May 16, 2008 at 12:25 AM
I know how scary this is, lived in California for awhile and literally had fires almost in our backyard.
Posted by: White Rose | May 16, 2008 at 09:15 AM