Indiana State Fair

A couple of you have inquired about us and the State Fair tragedy...I don't like Sugarland that much, so we were at home ~ watching it play out.

Like any hometown tragedy, it was all consuming. Some reports came in that as many as a couple dozen people had been killed. Other reports claimed that Sugarland was on the stage when the rigging collapsed. You know how it goes...Thanks to this modern age of technology, pictures and videos were available within moments. I guess by now everyone has seen the most dramatic video; the stage, the wind blowing, the creepy dark skies beyond, the collapse. It been on the local channels a thousand times. I'm tired of seeing it, it's heartbreaking. And it's worse now, knowing that you're viewing an event at which people were killed. Ugh.

It was a fast moving storm for sure. At our home, the wind really kicked up and it seemed that within minutes the skies were dark as night, lots of lightning and the rain let loose. It rained buckets for about 10 minutes and then it started to die down. It seemed like pretty typical summer storm.

Then the news started coming in. Such a sad sad night. Yesterday and today, there is a lot of focus on the unsung heroes. All those amazing people who barley flinched before they turned around and started to help. The human spirit is truly inspiring at times. Even the Governor, during his press conference was choked up talking about the first responders, nurses, doctors, and mostly the regular folks at the concert who rushed in to help lift the collapsed rigging so rescuers could rush in.

I understand that there are still dozens of people in area hospitals today. Keep them and their families in your prayers.