Kirstenbosch~National Botanical Gardens S Africa

Good photo Arlene. Reminds me of what it can be like around here in the summer time.

~it was quite scary and you were aware of all the planting which was being destroyed!

Fire can be so scary....it destroys but also renews...Good picture, though

Oh I thought it was a photo of fire weed! You did mention it was a gardens. Just kidding. Fire is a very powerful and unrelenting source of destruction. From a spark to a flame to a out of control catastrophe.
Skippy is right new comes from the fire damage for the grasses and such but if there is anything man made its toast. The United States have sure had there share of wild fires with mass destruction of unimaginable proportions. Hundreds of homes gone lives lost just terrible.

That must have been frightening Arlene. A few days ago some of these hills near here were on fire.

A few weeks before we arrived in Capetown a tourist threw away a cigarette which fired the base of the mountain below the the cable car station with imminent danger to lots of property,wildlife and people.
A woman died on the mountain but I think they managed to get it out before it reached the residential areas.
When we were there you could see everything black and charred but with green tips at the end.Amazing!
It shows you can't afford to be careless!

This happened when we were on holiday in Spain once it surrounded us and there was only one way out , it is quite scary !

Us too Amy, the view we had from our place was all alight about 3years ago...the plane would dip into the sea and empty on the flames....scary!

Amy that is awful I have claustrophobia and I would be in panic mode. I was at a Billy Idol concert once and the crowd pushed everyone forward as Billy came out. I crushed the poor wee Asian girl in front of me. I ran out to the nearest exit when I got free and never entered back to that area. I panic in bed as I suffer from sleep apnea.

That was horrible PF , I don,t like crowds of people anyway , even in streets ........Did that insident cause you to suffer panics ?

Janey you were lucky it didn,t close in on you so that you lost your home ........

We were lucky Amy.....there was a main road between us and the mountain but also a petrol station. After that happened the Spanish authorities had regular clean ups in ditches by the road sides where there could be broken glass etc.