May 31st 2010. This morning smoke filled the air in my house. Wondering what was going on, I quickly opened the back door to see where it was coming from!? I could see a few ashes floating in the wind. We closed all our windows to prevent more smoke coming into the house, which only helped a little. I went outside to see if a nearby house was on fire. Wanting to make sure it was safe to send my kids to school today! Smoke and smog filled the air.
Thankfully, there are no nearby houses on fire. Walking about I quickly learned the air here in Ottawa is filled with smoke and smog from the forest fires in Quebec. Unfortunately, these fires had been started by lightning storms on Tuesday night.
When reading the Ottawa Newspaper online this morning I found out there are 1,400 people forced from their homes because of forest fires near the Wemotaci First Nation in central Quebec. There are a total of 57 fires burning in Quebec, including 14 that are considered out of control. So far, 90,000 hectares have been hit with the blazing fires.
Meagan and Joyce where scared of breathing in the smoke. So they put their sweater over their mouth and nose to use it as a mask at the bus stop today. Hopefully the forest fires are put out soon! According to the Ottawa Newspaper we may be living at least 1 week in the smog and smoke filled air.
That's nature.
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