Wow! Glad you are safe!

I wonder how far apart we are, Oakley. I just went out to get my purse out of my truck when I noticed lightning. Hope it lightens up before it gets to us.

It probably wasn't lightning. The big fires here in CA started with winds causing the power lines to arc, and those sparks started the fires. You might want to have your power poles checked.

Actually, you handled it as well as anyone. You immediately called your DH, then you called 911. Other people in the area stopped to help, which made it unnecessary for you to go out and fight the flames.

Decades ago, I was off from work when a man came to my front door asking me to call the fire department. At that time I lived in a rural area that was wooded pasture, so as soon as I was off the phone I grabbed a shovel and went to help. The wildfire originated with burning construction debris. The grass around the burn was short but dry. The fire was small but spreading, and I didn't know where I should concentrate my effort. When the fire hit some tall grass in the creek it roared and took off upstream. Fortunately, the volunteer fire dept arrived and made short work of it all. I also felt useless. My point is everyone does the best he/she can in an emergency. Afterwards we second-guess ourselves.

Wow, Oakley, that is crazy! So glad you are all safe.

Oh my, fire is my worst nightmare. So glad you are all okay. I can just imagine your fear. We lived in cattle/wheat country in Montana for a long time and those summer fires will show you the meaning of wildfire! It’s absolutely terrifying to see a wall of fire racing across the prairie. Thank God for our volunteer fire departments and common sense country folks. Keep an eye out for hot spot, Oakley. Stay safe.

Oakley you have all the fun - mice, snakes, fire......what's next, locusts? 😉 Glad all is well and you had a fast response.

Glad you saw it in time for it to not get worse. Sounds like you had a fast response too, and glad all is well now. Wow!

I think you handled it well!

Did you get your kitty inside safe?

Scary. We had a barn fire here last week, thankfully no people or animals were hurt. Glad your fire was outside! This is hay season here but I cannot remember ever the wheat catching on fire. It's standard procedure for 911 to keep you on the line until the first responders get there.

Thank goodness y'all are okay!! Those wildfires are nothing to mess with.

Gotta love the volunteer FD!!!

Thanks! If you were to look at the damage today after reading what I wrote, you'd think I was some crazy lady. It's just straight ditch burn because our farmers, maybe most of them go around the perimeters of a field with a tractor and disc blade to keep a nice row of dirt between the wheat and fence lines. It worked great last night!

Chispa, DH suggested the same thing you did, and later today I'm going to take a picture of the pole from bottom to top and look at it on the pc to see the exact area where the fire started. It was at that pole, other poles are good.

Sandplum! When I became a country girl is when I learned about sandplums in ditches and then the great sandplum jelly/jams. I'm in central OK, west of OKC. The storms tried to begin right over us but went a bit south and formed.

Gray, my kittty got royally put out with me. She must have hid in the garage during the ruckus and it was around 11 pm she walked to the door to come in. I always pick her up and she expects it, but we were once again getting high winds from being behind new storms and I had to hold the door so it wouldn't blow open. I reached down with one hand to grab her, she backed away and I ended up pulling a big chunk of hair off her back. She.was.mad. and wouldn't come inside until 8 this morning. lol

Tina, in our situation she was only ten miles away in another rural town and had all the info she needed. Staying put during a rural fire would be the worst thing anyone could do. If the wind shifted just a little bit, the cedar trees would have spread the fire to the garage, then the house. With this being rural, the firefighters get called at home, most live in the country like we do, a few in town, they have to dress, and bring the trucks. It took them about 10-15 minutes for the tanker trucks which go in the fields to get here. Also, being small town, just say go to Oakley's house and they'd know where to go. Was it your barn that burnt?

I'll be so glad when the wheat is cut and the fields turned over.

That must have been scary. Glad it all ended well.

Scary, I'm sure. Glad all, including kitty are safe!

I'm so glad everyone is safe. What a scary time for you though.