Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - Bastrop

My boyfriend's ranch is in Bastrop, Texas. The largest wildfire in Texas history was stopped right on their property. The official firebreak is less than 50 feet away from their house. Unfortunately, many people were not that lucky. Driving down the road to get down to civilization (and grocery stores), you pass all of these house that are just rubble and brick chimneys. I remember coming down the road and seeing the burnt firehouse and getting tears in my eyes watching people sort through the mess that the fires and propane tank explosions caused. Absolutely devastating. I'm so happy that I got to see everything before the fire, after the fire, and now the rebuilding. Bastrop is an amazing place.

2 weeks ago, Ty Pennington from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition knocked on the door of the Zdroj family to rebuild their house as well as the volunteer fire department next door. While she was fighting the Bastrop wildfire, her own house was going up in flames. They finished it in one week and it looks amazing. I can't wait to see the episode.

Also, some people clearly have no heart b/c someone stole the Zdroj's chimnea out of the rubble that was left form her old home. She had a sign that said "Whoever stole my chimnea: YOU SUCK!!" I hope Ty got her a whole bunch of new chimneas lol.

Anyone know when the episode airs???

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[shimmertoll]

Ty and the crew are wearing some of our knitted hats in this episode. According to the field editor, it is supposed to air in late 2012 around the holidays.