Info for fellow dogs. I know there's a few BC dogs on here.
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July 18th 2009.
There's a forest fire burning in the Glen Rosa area of West Kelowna.
3 homes are already burned and up to 1000 more are at risk.
3000 people have been evacuated.
The news reports say high winds have fanned the blaze from
15 hectares to over 50 hectares as of 6 pm this evening.
An additional 1500 homes in the area are without power because
of the blaze.

Hopefully the damage will be kept to a minimum and that no one
gets hurt.

A couple of months ago, there was a discussion about the state of
the forests in British Columbia, and I recall that Bushman and I
mentioned that there was the potential for disaster due to the
huge tree kill caused by the pine beetle.

The situation hasn't changed much in the time in between, other than the
temperature getting hotter and the forests getting dryer.

My prayers are going out to the folks in Kelowna.

Hopefully, it won't get worse, but the potential exists for things
to get far worse.