Gods, how we wish we had some rain in British Columbia :) The rest of Canada has had a lousy, cold, wet summer, but we've been frying :( The temp has hardly dropped below 30C for weeks. The forest fires are raging all over. Last week we had a bit of an alarm because a fire started up just 4 miles from our village. They called in the Martin Mars water bombers. That was amusing for the first day. They are huge, old, amphibious troop carriers that have been converted. They make a Hercules troop carrier look like an ultra-lite. Anyway, they are large, slow, and noisy. But, they pick up 7200 tonnes of water at each pass, nothing else comes close to that quantity. Unfortunately, our house was directly under the flight path ..and they were flying low..every 13 minutes :( Like I said, it was amusing the first day..but after three days? All summer the weather forecasters have promised us some rain, but they lie. Winter can't come soon enough for me :) Sharon .. on hot, parched, Vancouver Island
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