Stay safe and warm

I hope everyone in the Midwest stays safe and warm during this winter storm weather we are having/getting. I have been hearing/watching news stories of the nasty weather some of the east coast states have gotten recently and I am hopeful that we will not get weather that bad here. Apparently the weather forecasters are still not too sure what we will get in my area, because the front is moving at a different speed than they originally projected.

I noticed that we have some more new members to the group. Welcome to the group.

I hope with the joining of new members we will get to hear and see post about each of our local areas. Maybe we will be able to share some of the things that we have in common as well as the things that make our individual areas of the Midwest different.

Something happened near by me that I know happens everywhere and it is sad to hear no matter where it happens. Recently a family of 8 lost their home and all of their possessions including recently purchased Christmas gifts, to a home fire. Fortunately none of the family or rescue workers where injured by the fire. They also lucked out when it comes to family photos, because they had only just recently moved in and many of their photos were still in the garage in box yet to be unpacked. They had only been in the home a couple of months.

The fire started on the back deck and caught the house on fire collapsing the roof. Only one of the children and the mother were at home at the time. The little girl noticed the deck engulfed in flames when she looked out the window and was able to warn the mother.

The most recent thing I have heard about the family is that the children are staying with family friends and they have received lots of donations of clothes and other immediate necessities but they were in need of food stuffs. This was a few days ago when I heard that so I am not sure what the status of donations needs are now at this point. I have not heard anything about the cause of the fire either, but I have not been paying close attention to the news the last couple days, except to check the weather report.

again stay safe and stay warm