Author: Rod

May 21 No Rain

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow So far, at 6 PM, the rain has not arrived. Just more smoke. It is supposed to rain heavy for the next two days/ The rain arrived in the middle of the night. Heavy rain. I hope to…


May 19 Smokey Doke

I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears. Shaun Alexander I can’t get any updates on the fire today from any of the three government sites. I drove into the village to pick up freight, then to town to pick up a few groceries. The smoke was tolerable until I headed back….


May 18 Burning Closer

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. Friedrich Nietzsche So far still alive. The fire was headed my way. Just ten kilometers away, the fire can travel that in less than two hours of burning. The big panic, they chose the road I live on as the…


May 15 Really Smokey

The truth is something that burns. It burns off dead wood. And people don’t like having the dead wood burnt off, often because they’re 95 percent dead wood. Jordan Peterson I am wrting this late tonight. I just went outside because I heard noise that sounded more than wind gusts. I was concerned that the fire…


May 14


May 13 Wildfires Continue

A house you can rebuild; a bridge you can restring; a washed-out road you can fill in. But there is nothing you can do about a tree but mourn. Louise Dickinson Just a few miles north of me homeowners got an emergency alert. Be ready to evacuate. The fire has jumped a firebreak and is…


May 12 The Heatwave Starteth

As you heat the planet up, it’s just like boiling a pot. Elon Musk It is not even the hotesst day yet. 25 outside 26 inside. Sunday will be in the thirties. After that 5 days of heat and even hotter. Yes the brown clouds are wildfire smoke just north of me is one that…


May 8 Heat Dome Coming

That’s hot. Paris Hilton Wild fires continue but less smoke right now. There is another heat dome building. Temps back in the thirties by the weekend it means more fires.


May 7 I’m all right. We are all right.

Due to climate change, wildfires are growing in size, frequency, and intensity, and wildfire seasons are becoming longer. Mikie Sherrill We survived till morning. The fire that was burning just a 1000 meters upwind from my house was contained. All of Alberta is under a state of emergency due to 100 out of control fires….


May 6 Wildfire

This might be my last post. I have a wildfire less than a kilometer away. The wind is blowing in my direction. My house is surrounded with dry tall grass and forest ready to explode into flames. I have 40 cats here I need to take care of. I cant leave them behind. Letting them…