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Fires have been raging throughout British Columbia for the past several weeks, and it has been of some concern for me as my folks live in Kelowna in Central BC. Up till now they've been lucky and the closest fire has been over 200 km away, but all that changed last Thursday. A new fire sprang up in the area and last Friday it jumped the firebreaks and started burning the town my folks live in.
I've since talked to my Mom, and she's taking all quite calmly. She's packed all of her precious memorabilia so that she can evacuate on a moment's notice. She would be more than willing to see the house burn since its fully insured and she's been trying to sell it for over a year now. My Dad has taken the lazy course and declared that there's no chance of the fire reaching them, so why should he do anything?
Typical. All my life my dad has been a superb bad example. Almost everything I am is because of my efforts to not end up like him.
Anyway, I just checked the news from the Kelowna firewatch website and they've decreased the level of the alerts because the wind shifted last night. On the other hand I just got a note from my folks saying they are now in Vernon because the sight of a huge wall of fire advancing on their house unnerved them, reduced alert or not. Only time will tell if they're house was damaged or not.
I've since talked to my Mom, and she's taking all quite calmly. She's packed all of her precious memorabilia so that she can evacuate on a moment's notice. She would be more than willing to see the house burn since its fully insured and she's been trying to sell it for over a year now. My Dad has taken the lazy course and declared that there's no chance of the fire reaching them, so why should he do anything?
Typical. All my life my dad has been a superb bad example. Almost everything I am is because of my efforts to not end up like him.
Anyway, I just checked the news from the Kelowna firewatch website and they've decreased the level of the alerts because the wind shifted last night. On the other hand I just got a note from my folks saying they are now in Vernon because the sight of a huge wall of fire advancing on their house unnerved them, reduced alert or not. Only time will tell if they're house was damaged or not.
