The world's on fire, it's more then I can handle.

Yesterday evening after dinner, my mom and I were driving down Sam Rittenberg and I looked up and saw tons of smoke coming across the highway and then all of a sudden we saw more. It was like a big black funnel of smoke coming from somewhere on Savannah Highway. All the traffic was being redirected toward us. We called all over trying to figure out what it was and to make sure our family was all accounted for. This is what the paper said this morning:


It was the single-worse loss of firefighters since 9/11, according to a spokesman from the U.S. Fire Administration, which tracks fire deaths and injuries. "Nine brave, heroic, courageous firefighters of the city of Charleston have perished fighting fire in a most courageous and fearless manner, carrying out their duties," Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said at a news conference this morning.