See the white speckled area on the mountain slopes, that is the scar left by the forest fire that we had during the summer of 2023. Now every time we drive to McBride, I am still shocked to see those denuded slopes and in the back of my mind, I can’t help but worry that this coming summer we might get a forest fire that will be even more destructive.
For two summers in a row now, we have had forest fires within six miles of McBride. Fortunately, no homes were damaged, but the Robson Valley remains drier than usual, so the threat is still there. Our house sits below the white tongue of the fire path that angles upslope, at the far left side of the photo.
I have done a lot of work to lessen the fire danger around our house, by clearing out bush, cutting down tall weeds, and removing the lower branches on the coniferous trees in our yard, but the blowing ash and embers created by a forest fire, can always land on some ledge or crack somewhere on the house and start it burning. I recently heard that anywhere snow can land on your house, the wind could blow burning embers there. That is very scary.
Hopefully, this summer will be a wetter one than we have gotten the last two we have had.
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