Prayers please regarding N. California wild fires

[dzheremi]

Hello all.

Normally I would not dream of starting a thread in a confessional forum other than my own, but as this one is more active and I tend to post here regularly, can I ask for your prayers for the victims of the current fires raging in Lake and Napa counties of northern California? I happen to live in the county directly to the southwest of Lake county (Sonoma), and we've just gotten word that the fire has crossed over into our county and is only a few miles away (less than 10). It's 0% contained right now, and you can see it just over a nearby hill without having to drive more than a mile away from my home, and without using binoculars. It's just kind of...looming there. Very scary. Something on the order of 20,000 people have been evacuated so far, the towns of Middletown and Cobbs are both basically completely gone (schools, churches, homes and business are all destroyed), and many are homeless and afraid. So far only one death has been reported, but it's raging so fiercely and growing so quickly (it just started yesterday and has already traveled 78 miles or so) that accurate numbers for all of these things are hard to come by. At this rate, we could be facing evacuation at any time now.

Please pray for the fire victims of Lake County, Napa County, and the people threatened by the fire here in Sonoma County. Thank you.

 

[Anhelyna]

I can't imagine how you all feel about this.

I've seen out of control fires in Portugal - they had to be water bombed - but they were nothing like this.

Prayers for all involved , including those trying to get them under control , prayers for their families and friends. Prayers for all those who could yet be involved

 

[MikeK]

How awful! My prayers.

 

[Jesus' Follower]

This is a tragic event; my prayers are with the families, victims and all in need.

 

[Michie]

Prayers for all involved! Lord have mercy.

 

[tadoflamb]

prayers

 

[dzheremi]

Thank you for your prayers, everyone! Please keep them coming! It actually rained here (!) last night, which helped keep the fire in check overnight so far as concerns the town I actually live in, but it's still only 5% contained and managed to grow from 50,000 to 61,000 acres overnight even with the rain. Still God is good! We're supposed to be having cooler temperatures and more little drizzles on Wednesday, so hopefully this brief respite from 90+ temperatures will help our brave fire crews (4 members of which have been injured so far, unfortunately) to contain this fire even more.

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Continued prayers