And after the storm...

Actually not a storm, just a "sun-shower" with a pretty result.
We have had a couple days of rain and drizzle accompanied by cool weather , so the fire restrictions have been lifted. Still the smell of smoke from time to time and some of the bush roads are still closed, but the end is hopefully in sight.


(I know...two blog postings in a week...must be bored now that I'm not working eh?)

Smoke and Flames

No, I didn't take this one...but currently there are some

dandy "plumes" about 60-80 km north of here

Ah, life in the northwestern part of Ontario in the fall.
Actually very odd for so many fires to exist this time of year. It is very dry with very little hope of much rain in the near future.
We aren't directly affected here, thank goodness, but smoke does drift this way periodically.
Alot of bow hunters are going to be very annoyed this weekend when they can't access the bush roads...most access points are closed.

We are above and to the right of what appears to be the "eye" in Lake Superior
(currently 309 active fires on this map)