Nakusp ride.

[Timtone]

I was planning on following along on this one, but the same fire Howard mentioned is going to kill it for me as well.
The evacuation alert stops about 5 clicks from Fintry. (which is where I live now).

I would say based on the map, Running Dog might be on Evacuation notice. Most of the Rose Valley area is.

[Hawkeye]

Right now, the smoke column is blowing straight past my house. As long as the wind stays down, no embers should cross the lake. UBCO will go before this neighbourhood.

[kaw74]

I was planning on following along on this one, but the same fire Howard mentioned is going to kill it for me as well.
The evacuation alert stops about 5 clicks from Fintry. (which is where I live now).

I would say based on the map, Running Dog might be on Evacuation notice. Most of the Rose Valley area is.

Yes it is not good.

[kaw74]

I think that maybe a later date might be better for a ride to Nakusp when things settle down with all the fires around us.

[hardrockminer]

If anyone needs a place to crash while the fire burns....I have my RV set up in the back yard.  It can handle a couple of adults and a couple of kids.

[Steve G.]

  Glad I don’t live in Westbank!!

[hardrockminer]

I may need the RV for myself.  They just evacuated the Little Shuswap Indian Band from the East end of the lake.  We are on the West end, about 5km away from them.  Winds this morning were light from the south, but this afternoon they shifted to brisk from the north.  That means the Adams Lake East fire is advancing towards us.  We can see a huge cloud of smoke billowing out of the Adams Lake valley towards Slammin Arm.  It is big and nasty looking.

[Twisted_Twin]

Keep us updated guys, Jenn and I are sending good thoughts your way

[kaw74]

I may need the RV for myself.  They just evacuated the Little Shuswap Indian Band from the East end of the lake.  We are on the West end, about 5km away from them.  Winds this morning were light from the south, but this afternoon they shifted to brisk from the north.  That means the Adams Lake East fire is advancing towards us.  We can see a huge cloud of smoke billowing out of the Adams Lake valley towards Slammin Arm.  It is big and nasty looking.

I heard you guys are on Evac notice.

[Hawkeye]

I got a photo from my deck last night of the ridge-line in flames. This morning there was quite a lot of black bits in my driveway. I found one piece in the back yard about 7" x 1" that was charred on one side. Definitely a good time not to leave town.

[Twisted_Twin]

We're a long way out but we've heard of people from Yellow Knife coming to Manitoba for a place to stay.

We've got RV space for anyone who needs a place to land. Shelter, food and water for critters too.

Anybody who gets displaced from anywhere can stay with us until the chaos dies down.

[kaw74]

I got a photo from my deck last night of the ridge-line in flames. This morning there was quite a lot of black bits in my driveway. I found one piece in the back yard about 7" x 1" that was charred on one side. Definitely a good time not to leave town.

I came pass your area today and traffic backed up from the airport to Winfield. Took me 3-1/2 hour to get home from Glenmore. Did Howard get Evacuated?

[kaw74]

We're a long way out but we've heard of people from Yellow Knife coming to Manitoba for a place to stay.

We've got RV space for anyone who needs a place to land. Shelter, food and water for critters too.

Anybody who gets displaced from anywhere can stay with us until the chaos dies down.

That's nice Shawn.

[hardrockminer]

I may need the RV for myself.  They just evacuated the Little Shuswap Indian Band from the East end of the lake.  We are on the West end, about 5km away from them.  Winds this morning were light from the south, but this afternoon they shifted to brisk from the north.  That means the Adams Lake East fire is advancing towards us.  We can see a huge cloud of smoke billowing out of the Adams Lake valley towards Slammin Arm.  It is big and nasty looking.

I heard you guys are on Evac notice.

Yes, Chase and area were put on evac alert last night.  We watched the fire glow from our driveway as it got darker and darker, and I guess embers blew over to Turtle Valley where another fire started.  Turtle Valley was put on evac order.  So we decided to head out for the night around 10 pm.  Currently boondocking at the Pritchard bridge.  Will re-assess in the morning.

[hardrockminer]

We are back in Chase after an eventful night that included power bumps along with two approaching forest fires.  Winds have died down and are no longer whipping up the flames but the smoke is quite thick today.  The water bombers are constantly flying overhead...not sure where they are getting water but it appears not from Little Shuswap Lake.  We will stay here unless the smoke gets to us.