Dear David
So glad to hear you are ok.
Thank you for posting these pics. It is amazing to hear your town is ok.
The media seemingly only reports news that is clickbait worthy so they only
show devastation of towns.
Hoping the charcoal smell dies down. (Actually. Does it smell like that?
I’m here in Okotoks and the smoke smelled like ash).
Jasse
On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 6:08 PM David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We arrived home, last Saturday night, to find our house intact, thoughJasse Chan
inside it reeked of smoke. Now, some 3 days later, after much airing out,
it's becoming tolerable and we are told the smell will fade, with time.
Sunday morning, I went to the TV station to try to set things right. What
I found was a place covered in fire retardant, from an air drop.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51400545286/in/dateposted-public/
I am given to understand that after a few days it begins to harden and
becomes almost impossible to clean off. [sigh]
My work done, in the afternoon I went out to the rifle range and took a
walk in, sticking to the road, as it is unwise to walk on the burned
ground. Ash-pits form and if you step on one, the solid-looking earth can
collapse and you fall in. Rather like quick-sand, but a LOT warmer!
Where their road meets the highway, there is a very polite sign.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51399805367/in/dateposted-public/
Not far in... a log, still burning 8 days after the fire roared through.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51400551681/in/dateposted-public/
A bit further still, a stump. No tree, that's gone. But the stump is
still aflame.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51400811313/in/dateposted-public/
In a bit further was a much less than polite sign. (If you are easily
offended, skip this one.)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51400551561/in/dateposted-public/
At this point, I decided to obey the less-than-polite sign. But not before
a shot, down the road.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51401313954/in/dateposted-public/
More devastation.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51401533315/in/dateposted-public/
and finally, a 4 panel pano, showing the aftermath of the fire.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/51401313854/in/dateposted-public/
I think what struck me the most, was the capricious nature of a fire...
some areas are completely burned, in others, the underbrush has burned but
the trees mostly survive, while yet others survive untouched, surrounded by
huge swaths of charred woodlands.
The good bit is that not only did our little town survived where many
others have not (that's a story in itself - one which I may tell, here,
later) but you can only see the destruction in the two kilometers nearest
down, on either side... where the fire met the road. Otherwise, the town
looks exactly as it did before.
Still, I would not wish a wildfire on anyone.
Comments, criticism welcomed, as always.
David.
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