reuters- Texas Governor Rick Perry called on Texans to pray for rain as cooler temperatures on Thursday helped firefighters contain wildfires that have charred more than 1.5 million acres across the state.
Perry, a Republican, sought increased federal help in combating the blazes last weekend and urged Texans to ask the same from a higher power over the Easter holiday weekend.
"Throughout our history, both as a state and as individuals, Texans have been strengthened, assured and lifted up through prayer," Perry said in a statement.
"It is fitting that Texans should join together in prayer to humbly seek an end to this ongoing drought and these devastating wildfires."
A wave of moisture and cooler weather had already helped the roughly 1,800 firefighters and support crews contain nine fires and make headway against many more by Thursday morning.
But conditions fueling the fast-moving wildfires that killed two volunteer firefighters and destroyed 200 homes this month would not ease for good, officials warned.
I hope that isn't the governor's only plan. That would be a tad reckless if it was. If you're going to believe that praying will actually work, why pray for rain? If you prayed for a lot of rain to put out the fire, it could start flooding or something. Why not pray for Superman to come down and blow out the wildfires with his cool breath? That would work. Or how about just pray for the fires to automatically stop? I think God could handle that one, couldn't he? All I know is that if I prayed for rain and it instantly happened, I would be really fucking pissed. I would be like, shit! I should've prayed that I was a millionaire. No, hold on, make that starting quarterback for the Patriots. Or wait, I'm gonna pray for a thousand more answered prayers. That's what I'll do.
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