Wal-Mart. Florida Wildfires.

Last Thursday morning, I went to Wal-Mart.  When I arrived there, I had to eat breakfast at McDonald's and then went on continuing to do shopping.  I bought a pair of beach shoes.  Those look cute and very coloful, mixing pink and white altogether.  Another item I bought is a shower wrap.  I mean a robe.  I found that only one along with different others on the rack in women's department.  It has a pink with a green palm tree on it.  Cute.  I didn't have one in years.  And bought more food.

I went to the library in Port Orange last Saturday afternoon.  I borrowed 6 DVD movies from there.

I stay home on Mother's Day.  That morning, I wasn't feeling well but later on I got better.  I called Mother thru a VRS (Video Relay Service), signing "Happy Mother's Day" to her thru an interpreter.

U are probably hearing about wildfires in Florida on a national TV news today.  Florida residents are still fighting it.  It started in another county, south of our county yesterday.  We think arsonists are on the blame.  Our county was next.  Wildfires are located southwest from my hometown in our county.  I don't smell a smoke yet.  We are safe far away from there now.  Lucky for us.  The wind kept blowing southwest from northeast.  I think the wind will going to be died down tonight, hopefully.  In another county, 12 homes were lost to a wildfire since this afternoon.  There will may be more than 12 of them currently but I don't know.  Firefighters are exhausting but working hard to fight them off.  People need a rain seriously.  Parts of highway I-95 are closed near Melbourne.  Governor Crist declares state of emergency.  Personally, I am concerning about my oldest brother, Joe, who lives in Merritt Island, east of where wildfires are located, for his safety and his health.

Update on Wildfires

This morning, I can see a smoky air all over our area but little bit before 10 am or 11 am. Again. I also can smell a smoke little bit when I opened the door but later the smoky air is lifted. See a local TV news here.
I discovered my local newspaper ran a special report about Wildfires '98 online. See it below:


Wildfires '98
The wildfire started in late May 1998. I was working at sunglasses company, Capo, at that time. Capo is north of where I lived. My husband, Todd, and I were living together as a married couple in a different apt. We smelled a smoke so bad. The smoky air was coming from north. We had no rain for almost 3 months. One night in July 1998, while my husband was working at a hotel in Daytona Beach, Dad came over to get me out of my apt quickly. I was upset. I was trying to watch a movie tape but he interrupted me. As Dad was driving a car, I noticed so many vehicles like big trucks, cars, etc. were heading for U.S. 1 or A1A road from Ridgewood Avenue. Traffic was bad. First stop at my husband's work in Daytona Beach cuz Dad informed Todd about our place and where I stay. And then Dad sent me to a different hotel on a beachfront in Ormond Beach. Later on, I learned so many residents on the west side of Nova Road were evacuated but I lived on the east side. Dad was probably wrong. I think he was confused. At the hotel that night, we called Mom in Melbourne, Florida, where my oldest brother lived in at that time, she was stuck there. I complained Mom about Dad personally. Todd and I were staying at a hotel for one night and one day. And we returned to our apt. We later went back to Melbourne for visiting Mom and Joe. One night as Todd was driving a car, we noticed a smoke coming out of area on the east side of us. We were diverted to another road south, not on I-95 highway. A big fire. Wow!
That's it.