THE SIMPLE LIFE

FIRE!

As some of you may have heard, the church next to our dorm caught on fire today. I was sitting at my desk when I heard a loudspeaker outside. My first thought was that it was a take-down of some sort. So I opened my blinds to find this:
















and this...
















My room directly faces the church - Natalie comes rushing in and we sit on my bed to watch the smoke come out through every possible crevice. This was when we decided to leave:



































By the time we got outside and looked back, the church was already in flames.

















And it only got worse...That's my dorm and you can see the church on fire down the bottom right. It was literally across a small street.


















Turns out it was a level 5 fire with around 185 firefighters at the scene & 2 of them got minor injuries. The church is a total loss though.

I ended up going to friends' places since we weren't allowed to go back to our rooms yet. As I was walking down the hall back to my room I see this 3 doors down:






















My room is fine other than being smokey and my windows are cracked and broken.



















I think only seeing this started to freak me out...cuz I was staring out those same windows when the fire first started. Made me realize just how close I was to the flames. My hands are actually shaking as I type this. All I can say is thank God no one was seriously hurt.