Fires

[rjc]

We have some very bad fires, one is a few miles south of Melbourne, another is in Cocoa and another one is in Daytona. The fire south of Melbourne has shut down I 95 from Palm Bay south to Vero Beach and US 1 from Palm Bay south to the county line. The smoke is so heavy here in Melbourne that I had to wear a mask when I took my dog out just a little while ago. My lungs are still not completely healed from the pneumonia. The authorities are warning us that we could have more fires all over Central Florida because of the high temps, very low humidity, high winds (around 20 mph during the night and as high as 30 mph tomorrow afternoon) and the fact that we are very dry.

[rjc]

The fires have gotten worse, more of them and bigger. The fire just south of me goes from west of I 95 all the way east to the Indian River. They had to evacuate a high school and an elementary school. We had a class for emergency room nurses today and late this afternoon we were notified to close the class and have the nurses contact their hospitals. There is a possibility that a hospital in Palm Bay may have to be evacuated. There are also fires Daytona that are flaring up again. Please keep us in your prayers.