It's Sunday night, October 8th, and the explosion/fire in Apex is out, the evacuation orders have been rescended as of Saturday morning, and all of the community is breathing a sigh of relief that we have escaped a disaster.
After talking to a few neighbors, at least two families slept through the crisis Thursday night, completely unaware of the situation, and others decided to stay put overnight and leave Friday morning. There was confusion but, in the end, we are okay. Hallelujah!
Four of us who work at the Beaver Creek Hallmark opened the store Saturday morning after being closed all day Friday---a half hour late, but we did it:) Our manager has been in Colo. since last Wednesday and our assistant manager was evacuated to North Raleigh. All went well, but people seemed a little edgy after all the commotion.
I must say being startled with bad news Thursday night, evacuating, feeling like gypsy's for a short time, watching the TV reports constantly, and not knowing what would happen next, is tiring. Keith, Skye and I all have been getting a nap whenever we can.
Now the HazMat folks have to figure out what triggered the explosions and fire, clean up the residue, and make sure the ground water is protected.
Life can come at you fast and you do what you can, all the while throwing up a prayer.
Hopefully our town will learn from this.
And we know that our trust is not in town officials but in the One who is Soverign:)
Roseland
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