Tense

[greenstorm]

There's a fire 5-6km just west of the highway between here and Everywhere Else. Even if it doesn't threaten my property or the town, they tend to call evacuation in when access to a town will be cut off, for perhaps obvious reasons. There is a rough backroad out of town but I think parts of it are currently washed out, and there's a longer road that leads into Mackenzie but I think that goes through several fires, and if not it is at least a very slow logging road with lots of loose gravel and dust. So.

Good: it's getting cooler because it's evening, there's a lake right there for the firefighters to use, they'll prioritize it because it's right close to us.

Bad: it seems to have grown roughly 30 hectares in a couple hours, everything is so so dry, there are so many fires right now.

I can hear the planes heading back and forth, I'm not far from the little local airport they use to refuel.

I do not currently have a way to transport my animals properly: I could take the dogs, the cats, and some geese or ducks or chickens. It's way too hot to put them in the utility trailer and I don't have a proper livestock trailer.

Comments

[cz_unit]

Well, get your bug out kit ready and be prepared to go at a moment's notice.

[greenstorm]

It's not about that, it's about whether I can rig up the generator and timers to run the well so the animals don't die.

[yarrowkat]

ohgod i'm sorry. i hope they get the fire out fast, and that it does not head your way or close the road.

[squirrelitude]

How mandatory is this sort of evacuation? And, what are the risks if you stay in place? (Not sure how close you are to the woods, etc.)