Aug 13, 2021
I can’t believe that we are moving to even worse conditions
Wednesday’s fire sky just before sunset.
Turning my back to that view I get this. The smoke is moved by air currents and as you can see it is smoky to the east but not as bad as the west.
Wednesday and Thursday we were getting large pieces of ash falling all over. The outdoor water bowl I have for the girls was full of black ash pieces.
The outdoor dog blanket as well. Later in the day it was covered.
Thursday Colin power washed all the vehicles including the golf cart and the patios. The ash makes it all so dirty.
The girls are feeling better. We can tell by how they can’t stop themselves from wrestling. ” NO ” is not enough any longer. It really takes two of us to separate them physically. The only way to keep them calm is for each us to hold one or to separate them in different rooms. Their incisions look good and we want to keep it that way. I can’t image having to do this a second time. They are small but they are all muscle and very headstrong. They are now resting 30 minutes and extremely active for two hours 😥 Their fur is starting to grow back and causing a good deal of itching which means licking. So far we are on top of it all.
At least one hundred plus black birds flew around our home yesterday, Thursday evening and finally landed on the beach. Hard to see but they made a line along the beach edge.
Strange behaviour as they kept taking off and coming back. Even the girls just sat and watched.
Still Wednesday, August 11th.
At the moment the smoke is socking us in. The BC government just a few hours ago made a statement asking visitors to not come this weekend and if they are here to leave. Weather conditions are changing and winds are expected tomorrow and Sunday much heavier winds. Frightening words…
“Our forecasters and fire behaviour analysts have been working around the clock modelling for the White Rock Lake fire and they are predicting a significant and sustained period of wind through the weekend,” said Cliff Chapman, director of provincial operations with the BC Wildfire Service.
“They will drive aggressive fire behaviour … those impacts include significant growth, challenging our containment lines on all sides and the potential for large spotting distances, where the head of the fire shoots out ember transfer from the fire and creates spot fires in front of the main body of the fire.
“It has a high potential to start fires, it has the potential to spread quickly and as we’ve seen through the course of this wildfire season, it has the potential to impact structures and life.”
Chapman added there is a “direct threat to life and property” around the White Rock Lake fire this weekend.
Covid news in the USA. Locally we are not doing well at all. The push is on to vaccinate. At this point I have no idea which is worse, the fires or the pandemic.
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Hopefully the Smoke and Fire Risk will soon clear out of your area.
Glad to read that the Girls are slowly recovering from their surgeries.
You must both be exhausted from constant monitoring duties.
Be Safe and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Thanks for your weekly check in. Only five more days to keep them calm. As they are feeling better it becomes more difficult to keep them quiet. Yes we are very tired. When they do sleep which is not too often we do what needs to be done.
Very glad to see that the sisters are doing well….I do wish you could have a respite from the smoke and fires. Just horrid. But at least you have the dog duties to distract a bit.
It is so difficult to go day after day in these conditions. Yes the pups area a distraction and we do love them so.