I dont think these are arson related tho...it's winter, and I've noticed fire happens a lot in winter.

I was just looking at the local news, and my favorite bagel place here in town is currently a 3 alarm fire.

It's a local business, not a chain. The lady who owns it is so nice, and she's fun to talk to. Plus, she makes a really excellent beef barley soup that I love. (great with bagel chips!) They make the best bagels on this end of Nebraska. They also make really good Israeli donuts. (think this is a name the owner gave to her donuts) they're cake donuts with fruit inside, and the outside has so much powdered sugar on it that it looks like a big tasty snowball. I love them...

I hope she wasnt in the store when it caught fire. (they make the bagels at night while they're closed) I'm really worried that she or one of her employees was in the building. The local news is just starting to report the fire now, so they havent said if anyone was inside. I really hope they're all ok and that the only victims are the poor defenseless bagels.

I'm hungry for a bagel now. Good thing we bought some just before Christmas and froze them. I'll have to ration them.

I just realized...this probably means no hamentashen this year. (fruit filled cookies that they make for Purim)


It's kind of scary...last night, the bowling alley that's about 6 miles from my house burned down...it was a 4alarm fire. There were some fires downtown too.

Tonight we have some really really bad winds. Some gusts up to 50mph. If they have a huge active fire going on at the bagel store, the winds are going to make it so much worse. There's a ton of houses and apartments just above the bagel store too. I hope it doesnt spread to those too.

edited to add:

There goes another Omaha landmark. They reported that the roof has now collapsed. The bagel store is in one side of a short strip mall, and they're now saying the entire building is going to be a total loss. This is really horrible. The owner of the bagel store lost her husband a few years back...now their business is gone. I really hope they rebuild. She's older tho, and I'm betting she's going to end up retiring. Now I'm depressed...not only because of the loss of the bagely goodness, but because a family friend has now lost her business.