I smell smoke!

Well folks, it's that time, isn't it? Especially with the heat waves and everything dried up and going brown ... smoke smell is building in the air ... a breeze/wind happening is blowing the smell in through the windows. ... and no wonder I smell smoke, I just read "this" a few minutes ago ... and today is past Thursday!(story mentions Thursday )

Smoke In The Air The Drive FM -If you're noticing a lot of smoke in the Cranbrook / Kimberley area, it's because of a fire south of the border. Fire Information Officer Corwin Odland says there's a large fire in Washington state. There are three small fires in the East Kootenay: the Cherry Lake fire, 36 km south-east of Cranbrook, crews should have that fired contained by Thursday evening, and two new fires: one, 12 km north of Cranbrook, and one fire 13km east of Cranbrook. All are well under a hectare and in the back-country.

Hmmmmm ... getting surrounded here, are we? The good news is that they're so tiny. Must be the states side fire I smell?

I'm not sure exactly how many fires are burning in BC currently, or the current situation with the ones nearby, but damn, they're close. BC had an early start with fires this year ... and a lot of them too, way more than last year, by this time.

Lets hope the firefighters are able to contain and douse 'em all.

Karmen.