dwco5051
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Shortly after midnight tonight I went out on the porch for firewood to stoke the fires for the night when I heard the fire siren going off. There are two fire departments by me, one about four miles to the east just over the county line and one about five to the west. It was the one to the east and I waited to see if the other one would start up to try to figure out what it might be for. The one to the east handles a fairly long stretch of I-80. A barn or house fire would normally be handeled by both companies while an accident on the interstate would be just for Lamar. Less than a minute later I could hear the dogs on the farms in the valley starting to howl soon followed by the neighbors dogs answering their songs. Not to be outdone by their canine cousins pretty soon you could hear coyotes all over my side of the mountain joining in.
It was both beautiful and a little eerie to be standing outside on a still night listening to their music. My 13 year old house dog was oblivious to the whole thing and remained sound asleep in front of the fireplace even though he can wake up from a deep sleep and make it to the kitchen in two seconds from three rooms away at the sound of a piece of bacon hitting the kitchen floor.
It was both beautiful and a little eerie to be standing outside on a still night listening to their music. My 13 year old house dog was oblivious to the whole thing and remained sound asleep in front of the fireplace even though he can wake up from a deep sleep and make it to the kitchen in two seconds from three rooms away at the sound of a piece of bacon hitting the kitchen floor.
