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| Emergency response vehicles. Ink and watercolor, 7x5 in | |
A propane double tanker truck lost control and turned over at a
freeway entrance/exit near my home around 3:00 in the morning. The
emergency response teams evacuated people from nearby homes and
businesses, including a nursery school, and then cordoned off two blocks
on either side of the freeway. Oddly, they allowed traffic to continue
flowing on the overpass right above the truck.
I didn't realize
any of this was going on until I tried to drive somewhere and couldn't
get on the freeway. I figured out another route, did my errands, and
when I got home walked down to the scene with my sketchbook, paints and
stool.
When I finished my sketch and headed home at 5:00 p.m. the
fleet of emergency vehicles (including police, fire, utilities, and the
Red Cross) and the small army of responders were just beginning to
leave. Some of the evacuated residents were sitting on the curb, still
waiting to be allowed back home. Fortunately nobody was hurt and the
propane tanker didn't leak. I'm so glad I live outside the evacuation
area; I don't know where I would have gone at 3:00 in the morning!
