Lamps

We have had a set of lamps since back in the 1970's. I have replaced the insides of them many many times. Now with the new efficient light bulbs, they are so heavy, they tend to pull the socket right out and lean over. Came home the other night and had the light on low for our dog, Holly. I went to turn up the lamp and noticed the light was awful bright on one side of the lamp shade and here the bulb had fallen over. It is a good thing that these bulbs don't burn as hot as regular bulbs or think we could have had a fire. The next day, we worked on the socket so it is good and tight now and had to put a regular bulb back in that lamp. I was on the Internet looking at lamps and couldn't believe how expensive they have become. We like the 3-way lamps for our living room and one bedroom too where I watch a lot of television.

Three Dead in Wildfire

There are three dead in a wildfire that moved across eastern Utal. It was fast-burning and two men who were working in a hay field and a third man died overnight from injuries he sustained in the blaze. A 43 year old man and his 63 year old father were working in the field in the afternoon when they were caught by the fire. Both died Friday. Another man who was injured in the fire died overnight. They were not sure if the third man was with the other two or not. Very sad. It seems what isn't being flooded in the U.S. is being burned by fires. It's a bad year so far.

California Wildfire

A very bad fire is burning near Lake Tahoe, California. It has destroyed over 200 homes and just jumped the fire line and they have had to have another 1,000 people evcuate their homes. This is a fairly populated area and it is certainly not good news for the firefighters. The flare-up is about three miles from where the fire started Sunday near the south end of Lake Tahoe, By Tuesday afternoon, it had consumed more than 2700 acres. This is a very dangerous fire. I hope they will be able to get it out soon before hundreds more homes are lost.