It was hard getting up this morning!
The kids were out of school yesterday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so the three of us slept late. Then I napped some more in the evening and was up late last night. Hopefully I'll get straightened out today.
No snow! Well, we are now getting a few little flakes flying about, but nothing else. We didn't even get much sleet or freezing rain here. The roads were clear this morning. It is, however, very, very cold.
There was a train derailment across the river in Bullitt County, a few miles South of Louisville. There is a huge fire from it because of several tanker cars catching fire. They don't know what chemicals were in the cars, so they have evacuated some of the nearby subdivisions and elementary schools. The flames are still leaping at least 100 ft. up, and the fire department has now backed up, and they're letting it burn. I guess they've decided that it will be better, environmentally, to let it burn instead of risk causing more damage by trying to put it out with water and washing who-knows-what into the water supply. Some people in the area are being told not to leave their homes but to stay inside, shut off their furnaces and keep their doors and windows closed. Interstate 65 North and South is totally stopped at the Brook's exit, and will be shut down to traffic probably for most of the day.
Guess that's it for now.
5 comments:
Are you anywhere near the fire?
that is awful about the train derailment; I hope you and your family are all safe. It hasn't snowed here yet either but it is starting to get very, very COLD!
Maria
Oh no... prayers for those affected by the fire!
Hope you are more peppy today and had a better sleep!
be well,
Dawn
I got lazy too. Did not want to get up!
Hope you can sleep in this weekend...sounds like you had an exciting week.
Hope all has calmed down by now.
Hugs,
Joyce
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