Friends,
For a sleepy little town, Idyllwild has its exciting moments. Space Shuttle Endeavor had to land at Edwards Air Force Base yesterday, flying gliding plummeting to Earth over the Lodge and leaving sonic booms in its wake.
This makes it difficult to take a nap after the family has departed after the long Thanksgiving weekend. I sure enjoyed the visit, but you know, naps…
…and this morning, another hum-drum Monday in the mountains, the Suburban Propane yard blew up:
An explosion at a propane storage facility in Idyllwild shot flames 40 feet into the air Sunday morning, scorching a nearby mobile home and burning off the end of a worker’s moustache, firefighters said.
His moustache, people! Part of it was burned completely off! This is serious stuff. Thank goodness the Idyllwild Fire Department is on the case (across the street):
Idyllwild firefighters were sipping coffee at the town fire station a few hundred yards away when they saw the blaze through the kitchen window, said Capt. James Manietta.
“It’s hard to miss a fireball that big,” Manietta said, adding that some residents said they felt the ground shake.
I’ll bet he didn’t even put down his coffee cup.
– bob