The meth lab down the street burned down...

[Catshrink]

That was a lot of drama for early Saturday evening. Many of us in the neighborhood suspected there was a meth lab there and at least two people had reported it. One neighbor heard 4 loud pops.

The police initially told us to get ready to evacuate, just in case. It was a raging fire coupled with a high wind. The kicker is that we have no fire hydrants in the neighborhood! Most of us had never given it any thought. But -- no fire hydrants! The first tanker that arrived used all its water hosing down the house next to the one on fire because the one on fire had no hope of surviving. Two other fire trucks arrived -- but there was no water so they stood around until more tankers arrived. Unbelievable!

No lives were lost, the neighborhood reeks of smoke, but we're all okay.