Friday August 10th, firefighters battling the wildfires near Possum Kingdom Lake, called on the American Red Cross office in Abilene to assist by provide bottled water and Gatorade around the clock. Within hours, the local Red Cross volunteers had trucks loaded and were dispatched to Possum Kingdom. By Monday August 13th, supplies were beginning to diminish and the American Red Cross in Abilene wa
Gary Young the chairman for the Taylor County Rural Fire Committee (T.C.R.F.C.) and E.C.C.A. (Elm Creek Citizens Association) Fire Chief, says he's extremely concerned that Big Country residents may have a 'false sense of security' over fire safety and how dry the vegetation is in the Big Country.
Based on information I received from my friends at State Farm Insurance Company, more cooking fires occur in the Lone Star State on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year. Texas is the top state in the nation when it comes to cooking fires at Thanksgiving. My friends at State Farm have put together a short video to show what actually goes wrong when deep frying a turkey. Cooking-related claim