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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited October 2023
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    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,124
    tish said:
    A tear is rolling down my cheek. I administered CPR today to a 70-year-old friend after water skiing. He must have had a heart attack. I suppose old age and smoking was a factor.
    Wow. Is he ok? That must have been scary. Lucky you know CPR. I have been meaning to take a CPR class. You have just inspired me to look into it. 
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited October 2023
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    Post edited by Spunkie on
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    Life is brutal. Good on you tish for being there for him . Takes great strength 


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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited August 2023
    Thanks robbie.... I've not tasted loss and grief to the depths of your kind heart. Thanks for being here. 🫶
    Post edited by Spunkie on
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,124
    tish said:
    He had a beautiful death.
    I am sorry to hear that. It is good you were able to be there for him at the end. I hope you are doing ok today. 
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    Life is short and precious. Love to you tish


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited August 2023
    Paying close attention to evacuation alerts and orders were I live. Several wildfires are ravaging the area, taking homes with it. One evacuation order is about 2km up the hill from the valley from me. Reports of homes being destroyed and pets lost already. 

    What a year in Canada for wildfires. Its apocalyptic 
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited August 2023


    More information for you 
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Another wildfire, the Upper Rill Creek fire, is just west of us and the stiff wind isn’t helping

  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    ^ Stay safe! I left the Okanagan Valley fires to blue skies in Fraser Valley 
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Thanks Tish. If there is an evacuation order, we are out of here. The alert boundary is about 400m to the west on the other side of the river. 
    I would never put the firefighters at any additional risk by sticking around. They have enough to worry about protecting critical infrastructure and homes.  The last thing they need is to be unnecessarily placed in danger because someone didn’t heed the evacuation warning and then needed rescuing, reports of which happened last night in West Kelowna
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Well I hope you panic pack better than I did. I packed three bikinis, four pairs of shoes, a set of beautiful lingerie, and a couple ski jackets.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,975
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Thanks Tish. If there is an evacuation order, we are out of here. The alert boundary is about 400m to the west on the other side of the river. 
    I would never put the firefighters at any additional risk by sticking around. They have enough to worry about protecting critical infrastructure and homes.  The last thing they need is to be unnecessarily placed in danger because someone didn’t heed the evacuation warning and then needed rescuing, reports of which happened last night in West Kelowna
    Stay safe! 
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,124
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Thanks Tish. If there is an evacuation order, we are out of here. The alert boundary is about 400m to the west on the other side of the river. 
    I would never put the firefighters at any additional risk by sticking around. They have enough to worry about protecting critical infrastructure and homes.  The last thing they need is to be unnecessarily placed in danger because someone didn’t heed the evacuation warning and then needed rescuing, reports of which happened last night in West Kelowna
    Stay safe. Please keep us posted. 
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited August 2023
    Cooler temps are helping the firefighters. Had two friends stay here last night who were evacuated from West Kelowna last night. Things are still pretty tenuous 

    There are other places in bad shape as well. Some areas further north in the Shushwap. Overall, 35,000 British Columbians are currently evacuated with 30,000 more on alert. 
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6941544
    https://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/442499/McDougall-Creek-fire-behaviour-appears-to-have-calmed-Saturday-morning


    A good news story is that the firefighters saved a brand new $75M water treatment facility with $10,000 worth of sprinklers and pumps. The flames were over top of the structure. True professionals those firefighters. 




  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Wishing you and yours good luck and helpful winds to get the fire away (rain is probably too much to hope for right now). I have several relatives leaving Kelowna now, one couple who just purchased their Kelowna home last fall. I can’t imagine how scary it must be to see that smoke and those flames come
    closer 

    We have been so fortunate in Victoria and most areas of the Island this summer. I almost feel guilty for how easy our summer has been compared to tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of other British Columbians and Canadians in other provinces. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Best wishes to your loved ones in Kelowna often.  I live about 90 minutes south of downtown Kelowna in the narrowest part of the Okanagan valley and the smoke is so thick down here you don’t want to be outside. 
    Smoke-onagan is an earned nickname 
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Best wishes to your loved ones in Kelowna often.  I live about 90 minutes south of downtown Kelowna in the narrowest part of the Okanagan valley and the smoke is so thick down here you don’t want to be outside. 
    Smoke-onagan is an earned nickname 
    Thank you. My cousin and her husband, who have the new house, are with other family locally so who knows how long that will last. The other set have decided to drive back up to Prince George for the duration. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf

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