[hhynmtrxcp]

It's very surreal driving around - looks like it's wartime or something.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1119549.html

You can see the smoke clearly from Sackville, which is 30 kilometers away. This is the second forest fire near Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) this year - there was also one in fall. Sadly they've both taken some homes, but no deaths.

Making things worse is that there's only light rain today. It's getting worse (there's a lot of dead trees on the ground feeding it, from the hurricane we had 4-5 years ago).

[chodeasyday]

Having personally witnessed devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and here in New Mexico, I know how scary they can be. Hope they get it under control soon, with minimal damage and no loss of life.

[hhynmtrxcp]

The fires are now under control - it thankfully rained harder than expected. They estimate 8 houses burned to the ground. Nothing like the wildfires down south, but it's still pretty scary. Now that I'm a home owner I'm worried about this type of thing...