Whoever Said Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Around Here?

This is my 100th post on this blog, in case you're interested. Yes, I've actually written up a 100 pointless rambles. Well, I don't find them pointless, but you might. Though, not this one. I don't think.

So today was interesting. Who ever said that nothing ever happened around here? A local plastics company caught on fire, which is never good. In fact, it's pretty bad. Though, it's pretty big news and you can read about it here.

I was actually in town today even though I didn't have to work. I had lunch with Tara and Tyler and about half way through, the lights in the restaurant went out, which was pretty puzzling. So, we hurried up and finished our meals, since there was no point in ordering desert.

As we exited the restaurant, the first thing I could see was this big cloud over the downtown area. For a second, I assumed it was a rain cloud, until I saw how big and black it was. Definitely smoke and a second later I saw the flames, which is interesting given we were a fair distance from the fire.

We immediately concluded that one of the factories in the industrial park must have caught fire since the smoke was coming from that direction. Tara and I both guessed that it was Horizons Plastics, since even from a distance the fire looked bad and we knew that whatever was in the factory had to be pretty flammable, so we both guessed it had to be the plastics factory (though there are actually two).

We drove in that general direction (yes, even though you're not supposed to) which was pretty chaotic, because people were being evacuated and because there was no power and thus no traffic signs. As we passed the industrial park, we saw that yes indeed, it was Horizons that had gone up.

At this point, with no other information available, I was starting to get really worried because I knew people who were working the day shift there. I tend to panic easily and worry a lot. Luckily, we soon learnt that everyone had made it out okay, thank god.

Still, the fire was pretty bad and the last I heard, it was still going and the area around it had been evacuated. Which actually affects me, because I work in the industrial park. Actually, my work is right behind Horizons, so I'm probably not working for a few days. They called to tell me not to come in tonight (duh--plus it was my day off) and that I might not be working the next couple days. It depends on the fire, I guess.

All in all, it was fairly exciting, though not in a good way. I makes me wonder why I ever complained that things are boring around here. I'll take boredom over fires at plastic factories any day, thanks. I can live without that kind of excitement.