Pat Walsh
Pat Walsh
lovely view
We will have the lovely view of a bridge. We have the lovely view of the water.
fires pops push sure watching winds
We were watching to make sure nothing pops up. The winds - you never know what they're going to do. Winds can actually push fires back down the hill.
convention entry hard last night opened struggle wednesday
I was still working on my last entry on Wednesday night before the convention opened on Thursday. So, it was a long, hard struggle to get where I was.
kid
We suspended every kid we could ascertain had been drinking.
basically edges fires kicking pushed roads starts wind
We were basically on the edges of roads. When the wind starts kicking up again, any of those fires could get pushed on to roads and in to grass.
gave green needed town
To our Green Brook family, she and Vern were called very affectionately Mr. and Mrs. Green Brook, ... She gave so much to our town and was always there if something needed to be done.
action kids pulled took
We pulled the kids in and took the appropriate action.
call easy explaining plans vacation wife
Two years ago, I had to make the call to my wife explaining that our two-week vacation was canceled. It's not always easy - everyone has plans and things they want to do.
call easy explaining plans vacation wife
Two years ago, I had to make the call to my wife explaining that our two-week vacation was canceled, ... It's not always easy - everyone has plans and things they want to do.
care hardship home taking wives
Our wives are home taking care of everything by themselves. It's a hardship on the wives as well.
best good hours job next sleep
If you don't get good sleep, you're not going to do the best job the next morning. Your out there for 24 hours - you're not getting any sleep.
face felt happy leave losing senior wounds year
I just wanted to come and take third. After losing (in the winner's bracket), I felt like I had to give everything here. You can tell by the wounds on my face that I wasn't going to leave anything behind. I'm happy to leave my senior year with a third-place medal.
bag call clothes less rig sitting town
That's what we do - when they call us, we go, ... We all have a bag sitting in our locker, shoved with clothes. We got in the rig and we were out of town in less than 30 minutes.
fire fought
A lot of this fire was fought with helicopters,