It's been a tad smokey the last few days. The sky is hazy and you can smell smoke even in the house. Luckily, I enjoy the smell of campfire. There are currently 5 wild fires in the area, of which four are classified as being 'held' or under control. The largest and still out-of-control fire is a few hours north of Fort McMurray, and has burned 175,286 hectares so far; which my iphone tells me is about 677 square miles; which Google tells me roughly the size of Maui.
The big fire is up towards Six Lakes, which is where we went quadding last summer. Apparently they've even had to helicopter a few people out of that area since the fire began. At least one of the work camps have been evacuated and a few of the mine sites have been halting work intermittently due to smoke. B-Rad, for example, was sent home from work today because of poor visibility.
I don't think Ft.Mac is in any immediate danger, but lucky for us, we have our own personal fireman who knows where we live and has promised to save the cat.
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