I keep seeing tv news coverage in Charlotte of several terrible wildfires started by lightening burning thousands of acres in eastern North Carolina and it seems to be getting worse. The other day on a newscast I saw a huge column of smoke in the distance looking inland from the beach at Surf City, where I used to fish back in the 70s. Then in today's Charlotte paper Isaw a big wildfire story datelined Rocky Point, NCand set in Pender County, NC. I thought immediately of 3 things:
1) Rocky Point being the listed home at the time of Richard Brickhouse, unlikely winner of thefirst Talladega race in 1969.
2) Back in the early 70s enjoying watching Carl Horton, teeth clinched on his ever-present cigar stub, broadslide through the turns at Wilson County Speedway piloting his "Pender County Special" Chevelle.
3) Concern for the health and safety of my many friends, former business associates and my wife's family members and our Reunion members and their families living in eastern NC.
Let's hope they get some rain and are able to get some relief.
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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM