Evacuation

This blog really has nothing to do sports related-wise. I have been watching the news the past while, and the fires here in Canada and in California has compelled me to write. I remember a few years back a forest fire raging out of control hit not too far from home. The memory is what sparked my mind.

It seems for the past 4-5 years there have been fires raging out of control in California. Threating homes, the people who live in them, animals, and the brave firefighters who are out there working their tails off to stop the chaos. I don't know how there is anything left to burn in California. I am exaggerating, however one has to think if every year for a long span of years 300+ forest fires are burning how long until there is nothing left to burn? It seems to me from what I remember from the past years these fires weren't quite as near as the raging fires this year. Dozens have lost homes and from the horrid pictures on the news and how close the fires are to homes and small communities more are going to lose homes. I feel for these people. I can't imagine how devastating it would be to be evacuated from your home, sitting at a shelter with your family, wondering is our home ok? Will all our memories and belongs be in a pile of ashes and debris? How devastating would that be? My heart goes out to those people who have lost homes, who are in shelters, and all those who foolishly refuse to leave there homes. I wish and hope for the best, I pray for safety for those brave men out there fighting and the brave who have decided to ignore the evacuation calls.

As I had mentioned above, a fire hit close to home a few years back. Not literally my home, but my Step Mom, my sisters and my Grandparents. I did happen to be visiting at the time. A fire was started by lightning. This area is mountainous with a lot of trees. My Grandparents home was near the top of a hill , one of the last houses on that hill. The fire raged closer and closer as the days went on. They were evacuated as well as everyone in the little town. The firefighters worked non stop keeping the houses damp and working the front lines trying to keep it from coming any closer. And it did creep closer. The town was prepared for the worst. It was coming, it was going to wipe out some homes. Miraculously the water the firefighters were soaking the homes and the bordering trees with literally warded off the fire long enough and then the wind changed. No homes were lost. It was amazing. The scenery of the mountains was crazy, burned black to the ground for miles. It is really neat though to see it all slowly coming back each time I go visit.

So all we can do it hope and pray these people have the same luck and some way some how peoples homes are spared by these devastating fires.

Thanks for reading. Take a moment and say a small prayer for these people affected.