Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey man My prayers are with you. We lived in Okotoks - just south of Calgary, and we are renting our house out there. Now that I live in London, I kinda wish we could send the rain we get here to Alberta . . . jasse On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 2:48?PM David Young <dsy at loganlake.net> wrote: > Good morning, Peter. > > Alberta is having their worst fire year in decades, and the season has > barely started. > > As of yesterday, there were 78 wildfires burning across the province, 24 > of them out of control. > > So far this year, there have been 421 wildfires that have burned 410,000 > hectares ? about double the average area burned in an entire season. > > For the non-metric, 410,000 hectares is a little over 1 million acres. > > Fires are a concern, as all three kids live on "quarters" (a quarter > section, or 160 acres). > > We have three kids in the Grande Prairie area. #1 son, is currently > fine. There are fires in his area (TeePee Creek) but none near him. > > #2 son is near Whitecourt, and no fires are threatening that area. At > least, not so far. > > Our daughter, was under an evacuation alert (meaning pack food, pets and > valuables and be ready to leave on 20 minutes notice) for 3 days. > Yesterday, that alert was lifted, but they are not out of the woods. The > Callais fire, is still raging out of control, and is within 5km (3.1 > miles) of their ranch, but the evac-alert was lifted as the fire is now > burning away from them. But, if the winds change, it could quickly be > re-imposed. > > It was in their kitchen that we were sitting in when the evacuation order > came for Logan Lake, back in 2021. They now know how we felt at that time! > > Jen has been going out of her way to text frequently that they are fine, > packed, ready, etc., to keep her mom from being worried. Frank, OTOH, > admits to being "scared sh**less"! > > But, so far, all is well, with all three kids. > > Between our kids and Edmonton lie the towns of Wildwood and Entwhistle. > Within the last week, Entwhistle was evacuated, then allowed to return, > then evacuated again and badly burned. I see, in this morning's news, that > winds have changed and a fire near Wildwood has meant that Wildwood is now > on Alert, with and evac order expected later today. (I've just checked > again, and the Evac order has been issued) > > Closer to our kids is Fox Creek, which is now evacuated. A bit further > south, in Rose's old stomping grounds of Peers/Edson, was evacuated, but > survived with only 20 homes burned. > > Temperatures are forecast to be around 30 C (86F) throughout the weekend > across northern Alberta. > > Gonna be a rough summer for them. > > Thanks for asking. > > David. > > > > > > Good morning, David, I just was reading about wildfires in Alberta, I > > know it's a huge province, but are the fires well away from your family > > members up there? > > > > Best regards, > > Peter S------ > > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > > http://lrflex.furnfeather.ca/ > > Archives are at: > > http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://lrflex.furnfeather.ca/ > Archives are at: > http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > -- Jasse Chan jassechan at gmail.com