And now to Barb's Report....a journalist truly outstanding in her field!
(Ha ha ha. Aw c'mon you knew that one was coming eventually....)

The days have been really smokey here and have affected some ppl but there has not been an influx to emerg so this is good news. Most ppl have been keeping inside with the windows closed. When the kids go back to school today they are going to show them what to do in an emergency evacuation situation. Hopefully that will not come about but they feel with the ppl that have been evacuated on the outside of town that it would be a good idea...and I suppose that it is.
It is almost 7 a.m. here and the helicopters are starting their morning ritual. The fly right over our place and the town so we know that they are on the way to another long day of fighting the fires. I have taken some pics and will send some along as long as I get them. I have some of the Blairmore fire (which is mostly smoke) and I am hoping to get to the air field today or tomorrow to get the pics of the 'copters coming in for the evening.
They have quite a contingent of fire trucks at #2 station. I could not get a good overall view in the camera as it is relatively flat in that area but will go again to see if there is not a better view farther away.
When we went to the Blairmore fire we were able to take a tour of the helicopters ....(there were only 5) but they were awesome and they put Christopher (5) into several of them and were explaining all what they do and he just nodded his head like he understood everything but he was right in his glory. They said it averaged to about $6500.00 per day to run one helicopter. No wonder our tab for this province right now is almost $300 million.
Anyways, here I am rambling on. Everything is fine here. I beleive that the firefighters are doing everything they can and then some. They are a brave group of ppl doing a very dangerous job.

Lots of love Auntie Barb