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niyad

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26. Holding you all in love and light. Please stay safe, and check in whenever

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 10:39 PM

Aug 2023

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Waiting to see if we have to evacuate from wildfire in Kelowna, BC [View all] yliza Aug 2023 OP

OMG, how frightening. Please take care and stay safe. LoisB Aug 2023 #1

We're supposed to fly to Calgary right after Labor Day and go to... yourout Aug 2023 #2

We are good in Calgary and Banff Bev54 Aug 2023 #30

I have been to Calgary and Banff Lasher Aug 2023 #32

That it is, we are very blessed to live in such a beautiful area, The Okanagan, including Bev54 Aug 2023 #35

Really? You go to Banff in the wintertime? You must be a hearty soul. Lasher Aug 2023 #39

LOL I am Canadian, winter is winter, used to downhill ski but had to give it up Bev54 Aug 2023 #42

I have an old friend in Boston. He love to ride his snow machine during winter. Lasher Aug 2023 #46

Stay safe. CentralMass Aug 2023 #3

yikes...good luck to you... bahboo Aug 2023 #4

Might be a good time for a nice road trip Hortensis Aug 2023 #5

Best to you and stay safe. yorkster Aug 2023 #6

How awful. tanyev Aug 2023 #7

Speaking as a Californian: stop waiting -- leave now. When a fire jumps major geology... Hekate Aug 2023 #8

I hope yliza gets your posts..you covered it all Deuxcents Aug 2023 #16

Forgot to add: keep a full tank of gas and keep the car facing out Hekate Aug 2023 #18

Yes, they tell us that, too. I just googled Deuxcents Aug 2023 #25

Thanks for the tip yliza Aug 2023 #20

I heard that UBC OC has been evacuated, does that mean they have closed the hwy north Bev54 Aug 2023 #36

I think it's still open yliza Aug 2023 #38

I hope so, was just concerned because the campus is very close on the hwy. Bev54 Aug 2023 #45

Hwy 97 closed from Coldstream to Peachland. Bev54 Aug 2023 #48

Thank you. Watch for you as a calming, logical voice at DU. nt PufPuf23 Aug 2023 #24

Oh Hekate Aug 2023 #31

I am watching from Grey Aug 2023 #9

I'm sorry, so incredibly stressful! redwitch Aug 2023 #10

Be safe! Delphinus Aug 2023 #11

I just watched the Premier's press conference.... Spazito Aug 2023 #12

Not under an alert yet yliza Aug 2023 #22

That's good news... Spazito Aug 2023 #23

Stay safe malaise Aug 2023 #13

Keeping you in mind, yliza - cilla4progress Aug 2023 #14

Sending you hugs and best wishes. MLAA Aug 2023 #15

Take care and gademocrat7 Aug 2023 #17

I'd be on the road toward Vernon. OneBlueDotS-Carolina Aug 2023 #19

"hubby and I and the fur baby should be safe and that's what's important." housecat Aug 2023 #21

Holding you all in love and light. Please stay safe, and check in whenever niyad Aug 2023 #26

Be safe! chowder66 Aug 2023 #27

Wishing for your safety and some rain, we got some in Calgary today. Bev54 Aug 2023 #28

Jeebus. roamer65 Aug 2023 #29

Oh my, that is terrifying. wendyb-NC Aug 2023 #33

That picture is absolutely horrifying. Fla Dem Aug 2023 #34

Keep yourself safe. EndlessWire Aug 2023 #37

Stay safe!!!! ailsagirl Aug 2023 #40

Good luck and good thoughts to you. mountain grammy Aug 2023 #41

Holee hell BidenRocks Aug 2023 #43

Oh man, that looks really serious. We've been evacuated three times fr TeamProg Aug 2023 #44

Just leave. herding cats Aug 2023 #47

I'm so sorry you're going through this Unwind Your Mind Aug 2023 #49