I just read an ominous news story about the fires in B.C.--which sounded like the fires are kinda nearby.

As someone who grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, I know that wildfire-related news stories can sometimes "feel" closer than they actually are....and I also think a check-in right now would be appropriate.

Is everyone here who is affected by the Canadian fires safe?

Have you been warned to be ready to evacuate if it becomes necessary?

If so, do you have your pets, and your legal and financial papers, and your irreplaceable photos and life memorabilia, ready to walk out the door?

As a veteran of a lifetime of "be ready to evacuate" official orders (from both wildfires and earthquakes), I am really empathizing with you right now.

I know the fires may be "far distant" in your minds, but I grew up helping to pack papers and photos (etc.) in suitcases, so we (as a family) could walk out the door and drive away immediately if it became necessary.

That kind of "training" (from pre-kindergarten on) tends to stick with you for the rest of your life.

Are you all okay?

I just heard from my family in Kamloops that parts of the city are on evacuation alert but they did get a rain shower this afternoon.

Lethbridge Reprobate Wrote:
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> ....but they did get a rain shower this afternoon.


Yay for the rain shower!!

And I hope that evacuation is not going to be necessary.

    

Or Canadian Columbia, or just Columbia (I guess that’s taken), or Northern North California?

Never heard it referred to as such, although Victoria is known as the most English city in Canada.

   Well, Ron, you've just created two curiosity bumps that are itching!

   Which is the most French city in Canada and which is the most American city in Canada?

Take care everyone to the north, and you, too, Tevai to the south.

That's the thing, isn't it? It's probably only a matter of time before we hear the annual horror stories from California.

kathleen Wrote:
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> Take care everyone to the north, and you, too,
> Tevai to the south.

Thanks, kathleen!!

A friend sent me some pictures his Dad took near his ranch near Armstrong BC. Friend doesn't know if his Dad still has a house.

Here's a link to the situation report of Canadian fires.

https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/report

I don't live in BC, but do in the Pacific Northwest. The wildfires the last few years have been very serious indeed. One of them was not far from our rural home and we were on evacuation alert for a while. Just south of us in northern California is even worse.

But according to the conspiracy crew, climate change doesn't exist. Because, you know, QAnon and the Lizard People ... or whatever the hell is the latest nutty nonsense.

   Here in SoCal (North Disneyland, to be precise), it is so chilly and overcast, with spotty rain, that when I finished making hot chocolate, I put on a sweater ... cable knit.