Fireproof Houses?

The typical construction for buildings up to 4 or 5 stories is concrete block walls and cement floors. So when smoke started coming out of the house next door, it was a neighborhood curiosity. We've wondered if there are fire trucks around. We found out...

Turns out that the contents of a back room caught on fire. The people were not home and Elder Dansie could see the flames on the floor and curtains. A neighbor had already called the fire department and two trucks showed up with a partial volunteer crew. The flames were out quickly. Biggest problem was that we had wash outside on the cloths line drying and now smelled like smoke. The neighbor came home, moved their furniture outside to wash off the smoke, aired the house out and everything was back to normal again.

Car Show

We were overnighting in Tarlac after a conference and so decided to take a quick run to see Clark City, the WW II air force base. It's only 40 minutes from Tarlac on the wonderful toll road.

We tried to visit the museum but it was "not available" because of a car show going on in front. Total cars were about 20 but there were some pretty classic cars and impressive Jeepnees.