1. From a dry stone wall inland, redstarts darted, like orange flames, tail feathers fanned and quivering. 2. Occasionally we would pass a big orange flame at a well site, throwing spokes of shadow across the prairie. 3. Occasionally, the vendors stoked the fire and rearranged the coals, which glowed in the hiss of the orange flames. 4. Or watch a launch, the orange flames billowing and shrinking to a point in the sky before the sound hits. 5. Orange flame drew out and broadened. 6. As dazed homeowners watched the orange flames creep closer to their withered lawns, police and firefighters went door to door giving residents two minutes to evacuate. 7. As orange flames consumed the car, medics rushing to the scene loaded the police officer on a stretcher and into an ambulance. 8. But the sight of orange flames and black smoke on your block really hits home. 9. Clouds of smoke and ash filled the air, lighted from beneath by the orange flame. |