[nfbwatlk] Kelowna fire news

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
Glad you guys are okay!
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net>
To: <list at cfb.ca>; "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" 
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Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:16 PM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Kelowna fire news


> You may have heard on the news that Kelowna is facing another serious
> wildfire. As you may remember, in 2003 nearly 240 homes were destroyed and
> more than thirty thousand people were evacuated.
> There are currently three fires burning across the lake from us. Seventeen
> thousand people have been evacuated and some homes destroyed, though no 
> one
> can get close enough to the area to determine exactly how many. (Estimates
> range between three and fifteen.)
> I'm telling you all this primarily to let you know that we're in 
> absolutely
> no danger from these fires. The main effect on those living on the east 
> side
> of the lake is a lot of smoke. The air smells like a giant camp fire.
> We've had calls from relatives in Quebec and New York wondering if we're 
> all
> right, so apparently the news of the fires is spreading rapidly. We wanted
> you all to know that the Kelowna area is quite large and the evacuations 
> are
> very far from the Gabias family and from Cheryl McNab. Ken and Bev 
> Westlake
> have moved to Penticton, so they're even farther from danger.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
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