Hyack Hyack:
Mowich Mowich:
End of 1rst half in the Annual Labor Day Classic at Mosaic: RIDERS 34.........Bombers 13. Riders are firing on all cylinders today and were it not for the leg of Medlock, the score would be much lower. Bombers limited to 1 TD in the game so far.
ROCK THE FIELD RIDERS!!!!!!!
Welcome back.....people were getting concerned about what had happened to you, having not heard from you since the 25th of August, with all the fires eating up the country I think we were all concerned about your safety. Hope things are going good for you and family.
Thank you for your concern and good wishes, Hyack. Be assured that were we in dire straits I would do my best to let everyone know.
Here in Eagle Creek and over at Hawkins Lake all is well. The Hawkins Lake fire has been under control for sometime and crews are in the mopping up stage. Such is not the case for S Canim Lake where two different evacuation orders are in place after the Canim Lake fire broke through it's perimeter and started downhill towards homes and ranches. It saw some growth yesterday but is still quite a distance from any infrastructure. This time they are serious about enforcing the order as they have RCMP stationed at the turn-off to S Canim Road - lots of them. I stopped by on way home yesterday to inquire about a permit to drive around the area should we ever be put on evac again. When I first stopped, there was a single cruiser and two constables. During my talk with the nice young officer, Fred by name - from Kelowna, another cruiser pulled up with two more constables and then just as I was leaving a big black Escalade pulled up with yet more officers aboard. Considering that they didn't send a single constable out here when we were under evac, I had to wonder if something else was going on besides keeping people out of the area.
But that's just me.
The biggest concern right now, though not in terms of imminent danger to us out here but to friends living in the affected areas, is the Ashcroft Reserve fire aka Elephant Hill. I got my first look at it as I was driving into town yesterday prior to that, one had to go out of there way to get close enough to see it - not any longer. As I was rounding a curve the view across the valley opened up and behind the farthest ridge to the East, there it was. Numerous columns of smoke forming an almost solid wall rising hundreds of meters into the sky finally passing out of sight as it melded into the lowering cloud cover. It stretched as far as the eye could see to south and almost as far to the north. Closer to the ridge you could see the smoke roiling from the strong gusty winds that blew all day and changed direction several times. It reached Sheridan Lake but have not read of any structural damage yet. It was only 2Ks from Green Lake last night. It is now mapped at 180,800 Hectares and still extremely active. Efforts to control this monster won't be helped by the winds which were calm all day but are now picking up.
We are still on alert and will probably remain that way until the Provincial Emergency is rescinded. With fire conditions still perilous staying on alert makes good sense. So, life goes on but many of us don't stray to far from home especially those of us who would stay behind in the face of an evac unless the flames were licking at our doors.............well maybe not that close but much closer than the last time. Were an order to come down while we were away we couldn't get back in again.
BTW, the Riders won today. 38 - 24. It was a grand Labor Day Classic.
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