I witnessed two miracles this past week. There is a wrecked car lying out in a pasture where it landed, about three miles west of Cody. To see this car, it appears that there would be no way anyone could have survived the accident. Fortunately though, both occupants of the car walked away with barely even any cuts or bruises. A 23 year old young man was thrown out of the car as it rolled, and his mother (the driver) was wearing her seatbelt. The only place the roof wasn't bashed down was where she was sitting. Speed was a factor, and when a deer jumped out onto the highway, the lady swerved to miss it. She lost control of the car, and it rolled two or three times before coming to rest in a pasture. It is very much a miracle that both of these people came through with hardly a scratch.
The other miracle was at the prairie fire southwest of Cody. The wind was blowing fifty miles per hour, and the fire looked mighty nasty as volunteer fire departments and ranch rigs arrived at the scene. The fire was in some high rugged hills, with no way to drive up there to spray water. About eight or ten fire trucks lined up below the high ridge, prepared to spray water and escape if necessary as the fire came down off the hills. As the tall flames came over the edge, the wind was in the right direction and strong enough to just blow out the fire. It was like a kid blowing out the candles to a birthday cake. Not a one of the trucks even had to start their pump motors or spray a single drop of water on this particular part of the fire. I do realize that there was quite a prayer circle in progress from folks many miles away from the fire, but the results of this miracle were impressive.
We did put out some hot spots after day light but it sure got dark out in the burned places.
